Co-infection of scrub typhus and COVID-19: A diagnostic challenge

Co-infection of scrub typhus and COVID-19: A diagnostic challenge

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Scrub typhus is a bacterial disease, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi and has widespread clinical presentations.Coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) is an ongoing pandemic, which can demonstrate clinical symptoms similar to the scrub typhus.Herein, we are Bone Matrix describing two such cases of scrub typhus and COVID-19 co-infection.A 35-year-old male and a 42-year-old female presented with respiratory failure, for which COVID-19 was diagnosed, but both of them had persistent thrombocytopenia.

The patients were investigated for other tropical co-infections and the diagnosis of scrub Curling - Clothing - Mens typhus was established in both of the cases.Doxycycline was added to their ongoing treatment, which led to an uneventful recovery.The cases highlight the importance of keeping a high index of suspicion of concurrent infection in the regions where seasonal tropical infections are endemic.