Scrub typhus
MONDO:0019365Scrub typhus is a rare dust mite-borne infectious disease caused by the Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterium and characterized clinically by an eruptive fever which is potentially serious.
Also known as: Japanese river fever, Kedani fever, scrub mite-borne typhus, tsutsugamushi, tsutsugamushi disease, tsutsugamushi fever
12 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 3 tagged with Scrub typhus itself.
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New antibiotic shows promise for scrub typhus fever
Disease control CompletedThis study tested whether the antibiotic tigecycline works better than the standard drug doxycycline for scrub typhus, a bacterial infection spread by mites. Thirty-one hospitalized patients were randomly assigned to receive either tigecycline or doxycycline. Researchers measured…
Sponsor: Jin Soo Lee • Aim: Disease control
Last updated Aug 13, 2026 00:00 UTC
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New test could speed up scrub typhus diagnosis
Diagnosis CompletedThis study tested a new molecular test (iiPCR) to diagnose scrub typhus, a bacterial infection spread by mites. Researchers compared the test's accuracy against standard methods in 345 participants in Thailand. The goal was to see if this tool could provide faster, reliable diagn…
Sponsor: University of Oxford • Aim: Diagnosis
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:28 UTC