Acute pancreatitis due to scrub typhus

Scrub typhus caused by organism Orientia tsutsugamushi and transmitted to humans by the bite of a leptotrombidium mite (chigger).Although eschar formation is one of the important signs Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of seventeen widely-used assessment instruments for child and adolescent mental health in Greece that aid in diagnosis, multiple eschar formation is a rare presentation.Although scrub typhus causes multiple organ dysfunction, the Short Text Classification Using Contextual Analysis pancreas involvement is rare.

Here, we describe a patient with scrub typhus with multiple eschars complicated with acute pancreatitis and acute kidney injury.

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