Scrub typhus: neurological features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on scrub typhus: neurological features: Acute neurological features Altered consciousness Headache Neck stiffness Seizures Status epilepticus Myalgia Cranial nerve palsies Peripheral neurological syndromes Central neurological syndromes Differential diagnosis

Acute neurological features

  • Altered consciousness
  • Headache
  • Neck stiffness
  • Seizures
  • Status epilepticus
  • Myalgia

Cranial nerve palsies

Peripheral neurological syndromes

Central neurological syndromes

Differential diagnosis

References

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