A case report of scrub typhus complicated with myocarditis and rhabdomyolysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Scrub typhus polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence assay results by sample collection date

Sample collection date	Sample name	Scrub typhus PCR			Scrub typhus IFA		HFRS	SFTS	Anaplasma	Borrelia
Sample collection date	Sample name	56 kDa kit	16S qPCR		IgM	IgG	(RT-N PCR)	RT-PCR	(groEL)	Borrelia
2016-11-28^a	buffy & plasma	Negative		Negative	< 1:16	1:4096	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
2016-11-28^a	eschar	Positive (Boryong)		Positive					Negative
2016-12-02	pericardial fluid	Negative		Positive	< 1:16	1:2048	Negative		Negative
2016-12-02	tissue (cardiac)	Negative		Positive					Negative
2016-12-05	buffy & plasma				< 1:16	1:2048
2016-12-14	buffy & plasma				< 1:16	1:2048

^aAntibiotics (doxycycline) had been given previously in a local clinic for two days and additionally given in our hospital for six days beginning on 2016-11-28

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