A Neonate with Bacterial Meningitis Due to Vertically Transmitted Scrub Typhus

Abstract

Jin Gao,1,2 Tingting Liu,1 Xingyu Xiong,1 Mei Zhao,1 Kun Du,1,2 Jiwei Li2,3 1Department of Neonates; 2Yunnan Province Clinical Research Center for Children’s Health and Disease, Kunming, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Pathology, Kunming Children’s Hospital, The Affiliated Children’s Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Kun Du; Jiwei Li, Email [email protected]; [email protected]: Scrub typhus is a zoonotic disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, which is transmitted by larval trombiculid mites. Due to nonspecific clinical presentation, scrub typhus is grossly underdiagnosed in pregnant women, fetuses and neonates. Here, we present a congenital infection case and hope to provide more insight into this disease.Keywords: neonatal scrub typhus, vertical transmission, congenital infection, Orientia tsutsugamushi, meningitis

Keywords

• neonatal scrub typhus
• vertical transmission
• congenital infection
• orientia tsutsugamushi
• meningitis