The current treatment for scrub typhus is administration of a tetracycline (most commonly doxycycline). ... Chloramphenicol is also effective, and ...ForYouNews&PerspectiveDrugs&DiseasesCME&EducationAcademyVideoDecisionPointEdition:ENGLISHDEUTSCHESPAÑOLFRANÇAISPORTUGUÊSLogInSignUpIt'sFree!Edition:ENGLISHDEUTSCHESPAÑOLFRANÇAISPORTUGUÊSRegisterLogInNoResultsNoResultsForYouNews&PerspectiveDrugs&DiseasesCME&EducationAcademyVideoDecisionPointclosePleaseconfirmthatyouwouldliketologoutofMedscape.Ifyoulogout,youwillberequiredtoenteryourusernameandpasswordthenexttimeyouvisit.LogoutCancelhttps://profreg.medscape.com/px/getpracticeprofile.do?method=getProfessionalProfile&urlCache=aHR0cDovL2VtZWRpY2luZS5tZWRzY2FwZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS85NzE3OTctdHJlYXRtZW50processing....Drugs&Diseases>Pediatrics:GeneralMedicineScrubTyphus Treatment&ManagementUpdated:Apr19,2018Author:DavidJCennimo,MD,FAAP,FACP,FIDSA,AAHIVS;ChiefEditor:RussellWSteele,MD more...ShareEmailPrintFeedbackCloseFacebookTwitterLinkedInGoogle+SectionsScrubTyphusSectionsScrubTyphusOverviewPracticeEssentialsBackgroundPathophysiologyEtiologyEpidemiologyPrognosisShowAllPresentationHistoryPhysicalExaminationComplicationsShowAllDDxWorkupTreatmentApproachConsiderationsPharmacologicTreatmentPreventionShowAllMedicationMedicationSummaryAntibioticsShowAllQuestions&AnswersMediaGalleryReferencesTreatmentApproachConsiderationsThecurrenttreatmentforscrubtyphusisadministrationofatetracycline(mostcommonlydoxycycline).[59]Chloramphenicolisalsoeffective,andmacrolideshavebeenusedaswell.Relapsesmayoccuriftheantibioticsarenottakenforalongenoughperiod.Intravenous(IV)antibioticsmaybeadministeredtopatientswhoareseriouslyillandunabletoswallowpills.WhenpatientswhoareHIV-positivebecomeinfectedwithcertainstrainsofscrubtyphus,theirviralloadcandramaticallydecrease.Thisisanimportantareaofresearch.AproposedhypothesisisthatpatientsinfectedwithHIVwhoacquirescrubtyphushaveapowerfulimmuneresponseraisedtothescrubtyphusandthatisbeingturnedagainsttheHIV.[60]Dietanda