Volume 24, Issue 102, March - April, 2020

Psychotic scrub typhus: A Case Report

Vidya Hulkoti¹, Ayush Dubey¹, Sunil Kumar^2♦, Sreekarthik Pratapa¹

¹Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Professor and Head, Department of medicine, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India. Email: sunilkumarmed@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Scrub typhus in human being is after bite by mites prevalent in many part of India especially after rainy seasons. It typically presents fever, headache, chills, and non-specific gastrointestinal complaints. Rare presentation may be neurological but, there have been no reported cases in the literature of scrub typhus causing symptoms of acute psychosis.

Keywords: mite, scrub typhus, psychosis, rickettsial disease

Medical Science, 2020, 24(102), 472-474

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