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The rash of scrub typhus - the eschar of the mite can be seen on the right upper and left mid abdomen; elsewhere there is a maculopapular eruption
Keywords: Abdomen, Arm, Chest, Chigger larvae bite, Larval trombiculid mite transmission, Maculopapular rash, Male, Necrotic eschar, Rash, Rickettsia bacterium, Systemic disease, Systemic zoonotic infection, Trunk
Scrub typhus is a disease caused by infection from the Rickettsia bacteria, Orientia tsutsugamushi.
© Dr Lawrence Meyerson
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