Diagnostic challenges and antibody kinetics in a paediatric traveller with scrub typhus.

Looareesuwan P., Aiemjoy K., Charoensakulchai S., Thaipadungpanit J., Wongsantichon J., Tanganuchitcharnchai A., Rungrojn A., Blacksell SD., Matsee W.

Diagnosing scrub typhus in travellers is challenging due to symptom similarities with other travel-related illnesses and limited early diagnostic tools. We present a distinctive case of scrub typhus in a child traveller, providing a comprehensive account of the case, the diagnostic challenges encountered, laboratory findings and the dynamics of antibodies.

DOI

10.1093/jtm/taad143

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2023-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

30

Keywords

Orientia tsutsugamushi, ELISA, antibody dynamics, returned travellers, rickettsia infection, travel-associated illness, Humans, Child, Scrub Typhus, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Immunoglobulin M, Orientia tsutsugamushi

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