Scrub typhus, a febrile rickettsial disease, is often caused by Orientia ... and 5 patients were administered systemic steroid therapy ...HomeSubmitManuscriptMyAccountExperimentalandTherapeuticMedicineJournalHomeCurrentIssueForthcomingIssueSpecialIssuesAboutSpecialIssuesMostReadMostCited(Dimensions)PastTwoYearsTotalMostCited(CrossRef)PastYear0TotalSocialMediaPastMonthPastYearTotalArchiveInformationOnlineSubmissionInformationforAuthorsLanguageEditingInformationforReviewersEditorialPoliciesEditorialBoardJoinEditorialBoardAimsandScopeAbstractingandIndexingBibliographicInformationInformationforLibrariansInformationforAdvertisersReprintsandpermissionsContacttheEditorGeneralInformationAboutSpandidosConferencesJobOpportunitiesContactTermsandConditionsScrubtyphusassociatedwithhemophagocyticlymphohistiocytosis:AreportofsixpediatricpatientsAuthors:YingkangJinLiHuangHuifengFanGenLuYiXuZhiyuanWuViewAffiliationsAffiliations:DepartmentofRespiratoryInfection,GuangzhouWomenandChildren'sMedicalCenter,GuangzhouMedicalUniversity,Guangzhou,Guangdong510120,P.R.China,PediatricIntensiveCareUnit,GuangzhouWomenandChildren'sMedicalCenter,GuangzhouMedicalUniversity,Guangzhou,Guangdong510120,P.R.China,DepartmentofInfectiousDiseases,GuangzhouWomenandChildren'sMedicalCenter,GuangzhouMedicalUniversity,Guangzhou,Guangdong510120,P.R.ChinaPublishedonlineon:September6,2016   https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3668Pages:2729-2734Metrics:TotalViews:0(SpandidosPublications:|PMCStatistics:)Metrics:TotalPDFDownloads:0(SpandidosPublications:|PMCStatistics:)CitedBy(CrossRef):0citationsLoadingArticles...Thisarticleismentionedin:AbstractHemophagocyticlymphohistiocytosis(HLH)isalife-threateningimmunedisorderthatmaybeinheritedorsecondarytoinfection,malignancyorrheumatologicaldisease.Theaimofthepresentstudywastohighlighttheclinicalfeaturesofscrubtyphus-associatedHLHinchildren.Aretrospectivestudywasperformedon6 pediatricpatientswithscrubtyphus‑associatedHLH.Foreachpatient,medicalrecordswerereviewedandanalyzed,andde