Abstract
Scrub typhus is a disease endemic to the Indian subcontinent caused by the obligate intracellular pleomorphic organism, Orientia tsutsugamushi. Scrub typhus, among other acute febrile illnesses, manifests as prodromal symptoms of fever, malaise, myalgia and anorexia followed by a distinct maculopapular rash, hepatosplenomegaly and lymphadenopathy. We report the case of a patient presenting to tertiary care hospital in southern India in 2021 who developed a rare cutaneous vasculitis secondary to infection with Orientia tsutsugamushi. After performing the Weil-Felix test, a diagnostic titre of >1:640 against OXK was obtained. Furthermore, a skin biopsy was carried out which confirmed the diagnosis of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The patient was treated with doxycycline and showed drastic improvement in his symptoms.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.1.2022.011
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(1), 109-112
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Vasireddy, A., Pai, K., Shetty, V. M., Acharya, R. V., Kusugodlu, R., Doddamani, A., & Madhyastha, S. P. (2025). Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: A peculiar presentation of scrub typhus. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(1), 109-112. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.1.2022.011
MLA 9
Vasireddy, Anila, et al. "Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: A peculiar presentation of scrub typhus." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, 2025, pp. 109-112. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.1.2022.011.
Chicago (author–date)
Vasireddy, Anila, Kanthilatha Pai, Varsha M. Shetty, Raviraja V. Acharya, Ramamoorthi Kusugodlu, Akhila Doddamani, and Sharath P. Madhyastha. 2025. "Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: A peculiar presentation of scrub typhus." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 23 (1): 109-112. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.1.2022.011.
Harvard
Vasireddy, A., Pai, K., Shetty, V. M., Acharya, R. V., Kusugodlu, R., Doddamani, A. and Madhyastha, S. P. (2025) 'Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: A peculiar presentation of scrub typhus', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(1), pp. 109-112. doi:10.18295/squmj.1.2022.011.
Vancouver
Vasireddy A, Pai K, Shetty VM, Acharya RV, Kusugodlu R, Doddamani A, et al. Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: A peculiar presentation of scrub typhus. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;23(1):109-112. doi:10.18295/squmj.1.2022.011
IEEE
A. Vasireddy, K. Pai, V. M. Shetty, R. V. Acharya, R. Kusugodlu, A. Doddamani, and S. P. Madhyastha, "Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis: A peculiar presentation of scrub typhus," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 109-112, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.1.2022.011.