Scrub typhus infection is an important cause of acute undifferentiated fever in South East
Asia. The clinical picture is characterized by sudden onset fever with chills and non-specific …

Procalcitonin (PCT) is an acute-phase reactant that has been used to diagnose and
potentially track the treatment of sepsis. Procalcitonin values rise initially as the infection sets …

Introduction Recently, an expert consensus on optimal use of procalcitonin (PCT)-guided
antibiotic stewardship was published focusing mainly on Europe and the United States …

Approximately 70% of patients admitted to critical care units are started on some type of
antimicrobial therapy. 1–4 The most common indications are empiric therapy for suspected …

Critically ill patients are frequently at risk of sepsis or inflammatory conditions. Procalcitonin
(PCT) is a biomarker for critically ill patients to differentiate sepsis from non-infectious …

Rickettsial infections are among the leading etiologies of acute febrile illness in Southeast
Asia. However, recent data from Malaysia are limited. This prospective study was conducted …

Sepsis is a serious infection and still a common cause of morbidity and mortality in resource‐
limited settings such as India. Even when microbiologic diagnostics are available …

Purpose: To evaluate the spectrum of acute infectious encephalitis/encephalopathy
syndrome (AIES) in intensive care unit (ICU) and the predictors of mechanical ventilation …

Background Scrub typhus is a vector-borne infection caused by the obligate intracellular
organism Orientia tsutsugamushi. In some cases, scrub typhus can result in severe …

Introduction. This study aimed to explore the predictors of mortality from scrub typhus
infection in patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Materials and Methods. A …