Close up of the eschar of the infected mite bite in scrub typhus (ST-patient1)
Keywords: 61 year old, Cambodia, Orientia tsutsugamushi, Arm, Chigger larvae bite, Erythematous rim, Female, Larval trombiculid mite transmission, Left arm, Necrotic eschar, Positive serology, Rickettsia bacterium, Scrub typhus, Skin of colour, Systemic disease, Systemic zoonotic infection, Yellow crust
Scrub typhus is a disease caused by infection from the Rickettsia bacteria, Orientia tsutsugamushi.
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