New antibiotic may beat standard care for scrub typhus fever

NCT ID NCT07513103

First seen Apr 08, 2026 · Last updated May 16, 2026 · Updated 7 times

Summary

This study tested whether the antibiotic tigecycline can reduce fever faster than the standard drug doxycycline in people with scrub typhus, a bacterial infection spread by mites. Thirty-one hospitalized adults were randomly assigned to receive either tigecycline or doxycycline. Researchers measured how quickly fever resolved and tracked any side effects.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dankuk university hospital

    Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, 31116, South Korea

  • Gyeonsang National University Hospital

    Jinju, 52727, South Korea

  • Inha university hospital

    Incheon, 22332, South Korea

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