Differences in clinical features according to Boryoung and Karp genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is an infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. The differences in virulence of O. tsutsugamushi prototypes in humans are still unknown. We investigated whether there are any differences in the clinical features of the Boryoung and Karp genotypes. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Patients infected with O. tsutsugamushi, as Boryoung and Karp clusters, who had visited 6 different hospitals in southwestern Korea were prospectively compared for clinical features, complications, laboratory parameters, and treatment responses. Infected patients in the Boryoung cluster had significantly more generalized weakness, eschars, skin rashes, conjunctival injection, high albumin levels, and greater ESR and fibrinogen levels compared to the Karp cluster. The treatment response to current antibiotics was significantly slower in the Karp cluster as compared to the Boryoung cluster. CONCLUSION: The frequency of occurrence of eschars and rashes may depend on the genotype of O. tsutsugamushi.