Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by O. tsutsugamushi. Eschar is a necrotic lesion of the skin at the site of a chigger mite bite.NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListAmJTropMedHygv.95(6);2016Dec7PMC5154431AmJTropMedHyg.2016Dec7;95(6):1223–1224.doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0583PMCID:PMC5154431PMID:27928073EvolutionofEscharinScrubTyphusJinPark,1,3Soo-HanWoo,1andChang-SeopLee2,3,*JinPark1DepartmentofDermatology,ChonbukNationalUniversity,Jeonju,RepublicofKorea3BiomedicalResearchInstituteofChonbukNationalUniversityHospital,Jeonju,RepublicofKoreaFindarticlesbyJinParkSoo-HanWoo1DepartmentofDermatology,ChonbukNationalUniversity,Jeonju,RepublicofKoreaFindarticlesbySoo-HanWooChang-SeopLee2DepartmentofInternalMedicine,ChonbukNationalUniversity,Jeonju,RepublicofKorea3BiomedicalResearchInstituteofChonbukNationalUniversityHospital,Jeonju,RepublicofKoreaFindarticlesbyChang-SeopLeeAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1DepartmentofDermatology,ChonbukNationalUniversity,Jeonju,RepublicofKorea2DepartmentofInternalMedicine,ChonbukNationalUniversity,Jeonju,RepublicofKorea3BiomedicalResearchInstituteofChonbukNationalUniversityHospital,Jeonju,RepublicofKorea*AddresscorrespondencetoChang-SeopLee,DepartmentofInternalMedicine,ChonbukNationalUniversityMedicalSchool,567Baekje-daero,Deokjin-gu,Jeonju-si,Jeollabuk-do54907,RepublicofKorea.E-mail:rk.ca.unbj@dmsclReceived2016Jul19;Accepted2016Aug23.Copyright©TheAmericanSocietyofTropicalMedicineandHygieneThisisanopen-accessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalauthorandsourcearecredited.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.A60-year-oldmanpresentedwithfeverthatdeveloped1daybeforeadmission.Thepatienthadrecentlyreturnedfromcollectingacornsinthemountains8daysbeforeadmission.Physi