& objectives: Scrub typhus is as an emerging infectious disease that generally causes acute febrile illness, with disease spectrum ranging from mild illness to multiorgan dysfunction. This study was aimed to report the clinical profile, complications and risk factors associated with severe illness in patients with scrub typhus, outside the intensive care setting. Interpretation & conclusion: Severe scrub typhus infection among non-ICU patients is more likely to occur in elderly patients and in

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... hose with longer duration of illness prior to presentation. The subset of patients without eschar might be more prone to develop complications.