Background Sequential organ failure assessment score (SOFA) is a score to quantify organ
system dysfunction. This study was done to evaluate SOFA as a predictor of outcomes in …

In East Asia, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) and scrub typhus, which
are common endemic tick-and mite-mediated diseases sharing common clinical …

Flea-borne typhus (FBT), although usually perceived as a self-resolving febrile illness,
actually encompasses a wide spectrum of disease severity, including fulminant sepsis with …

Objective: To study the spectrum and outcome of severe scrub typhus in adult patients and
to predict the hospital mortality by organ failure on admission. Methods: This was a …

Background Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by intracellular bacteria from the
genus Orientia. It is estimated that one billion people are at risk, with one million cases …

Scrub typhus is a neglected and understudied disease. In 1902, Schüffner first described
scrub typhus in Indonesia. However, until today, data are lacking and we do not understand …

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in critically ill patients and is associated
with poor outcomes. We studied the clinical spectrum and outcomes of AKI in patients …

Background: Rickettsiosis is Southeast Asia's third leading cause of undifferentiated fever.
Due to limited epidemiological data and nonspecific symptoms, diagnosing the disease is …

A hypercytokinemia ending in pulmonary and systemic illness occurs in severe COVID-19
patients. Mature T lymphocytes express CD6, a molecule that regulates antigen specific …

Background: The predictive potential of scoring systems used in intensive care units (ICUs)
to distinguish patients mortality is heavily investigated but scarcely pooled. Objectives: To …