Acute pancreatitis due to scrub typhus

Acute pancreatitis due to scrub typhus

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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 that aid MORALE PATCH in diagnosis, multiple eschar formation is a rare presentation.Although Battery scrub typhus causes multiple organ dysfunction, the pancreas involvement is rare.Here, we describe a patient with scrub typhus with multiple eschars complicated with acute pancreatitis and acute kidney injury.