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The commonest sites for an eschar in male patients were the perineum, inguinal, and buttock area; whereas in females, it was the head and neck area. Abnormal electrocardiogram was found in 39 of 79 patients (49.4%) with sinus tachycardia being the most frequent finding (17, 21.5%). A total of 73 patients (50%) had at least one complication. Myocarditis was the cause of complete heart block in a scrub typhus patient, and he fully recovered after receiving intravenous chloramphenicol treatment. The case fatality rate was 6.2% (nine deaths).The independent predictors for fatal outcome were age over 65 years (odds ratio [OR] = 14.49, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.26\u2013166.44, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.03), acute kidney injury (OR = 12.75, 95% CI = 1.77\u201392.07, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.01), and hyperbilirubinemia (OR = 24.82, 95% CI = 2.12\u2013286.61, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.01). Early diagnosis and prompt appropriate treatment can improve the patient's outcome.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.16-0088","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,30]],"date-time":"2016-08-30T02:43:08Z","timestamp":1472524988000},"page":"769-773","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Scrub Typhus in Northeastern Thailand: Eschar Distribution, Abnormal Electrocardiographic Findings, and Predictors of Fatal Outcome"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"95","author":[{"given":"Wilawan","family":"Thipmontree","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Medicine, Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wiwit","family":"Tantibhedhyangkul","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 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