Patient and sample-related factors that effect the success of in vitro isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi

• Main Authors: Rungnapa Luksameetanasan, Stuart D. Blacksell, Thareerat Kalambaheti, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Wirongrong Chierakul, Sunee Chueasuwanchai, Apichat Apiwattanaporn, John Stenos, Stephen Graves, Sharon J. Peacock, N. P J Day
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/25075

Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus infection, a major cause of human disease in rural areas of Southeast Asia. Twenty-six blood samples collected from patients with serologically proven scrub typhus during a six month period were sent to Bangkok (535 km from the clinical s...