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Scrub Typhus Co-infection in an Adolescent Girl with Varicella. BACKGROUND: Co-infections with scrub typhus have been described quite frequently in adults but less frequently in children. CASE CHARACTERISTICS: An adolescent girl with varicella infection who had persistent fever. Associated clinical features like pain abdomen, vomiting, and features of third space losses made us suspect a co-infection. IgM and IgG antibodies by ELISA in acute and convalescent serum were suggestive of scrub typhus. OUTCOME: She recovered following a course of oral doxycycline. MESSAGE: In unexplained prolonged fever or atypical clinical manifestations not explainable by the primary disease process, co-infection needs to be considered.