Recently, a school-age girl repeatedly over 10 days of fever, local clinics do not have a number of examination and treatment effect, and then transferred to the pediatric treatment of Chinese medicine hospital in Foshan, a doctor, through its Department of Shoulder eschar final round a girl diagnosed suffering from Scrub typhus. According to doctors, is a kind of scrub typhus by rodents and chigger mites breeding ground for breeding the impact of natural foci of the disease, summer and fall seasons in the south sometimes found that the main source of infection for the host and storage of rodents. Clinically, to all of a sudden onset, fever, bites Department eschar or ulcers, swollen lymph nodes and skin rash characterized. Small-tung suffering from scrub typhus, according to the parents to describe their living environment, doctors estimate is less than sanitary conditions, the mite larvae caused by bites.

"Suffering from scrub typhus, it is necessary to seek treatment at the hospital, scrub typhus as a result of chloramphenicol-sensitive, a good recovery after treatment, no need to worry too much." Yuan Li Wei, deputy director of the physicians to remind the public that in addition to the attention of home health, in the country Play in the bushes, camping, fishing, and so on could be chigger mites bite infection, the mite larvae of tiny, multi-host in the jungle of weeds, generally difficult to find the naked eye. As a result, the field trips should avoid wearing short shorts and sandals to go out, it is best to wear long-sleeved shirt, trousers and shoes and carry some of the pest control agent applied to the exposed skin to prevent chigger mites Larvae close.