Abstract:Objective To investigate the predictive factors of multiple organ disfunction syndrome (MODS) or death in patients with scrub typhus. Methods A total of 268 cases of scrub typhus were involved in this study, among which were 17 cases with MODS. Clinical information were recorded and analyzed. Result Patients in MODS group experienced increased incidence of leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, elevated levels of serum creatinine (SCr), and procalcitonin > 0.5 μg/L compared with non-MODS group (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed thrombocytopenia and elevated levels of SCr were independent predictive factors of MODS (O^R = 19.014, 95% CI: 4.239, 85.280, Ol ^ R = 113.286, 95% CI: 29.3914, 36.649, respectively). Occurrence of organ failure (from highest to lowest) was as follows: blood coagulation, lung, peripheral blood circulation, heart, brain, liver, kidney, gastrointestinal tract and metabolism. Incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome in MODS group were dramatically increased compared with non-MODS group (P < 0.05). Conclusion Thrombocytopenia and elevated levels of SCr are associated with the occurrence of MODS, and ARDS indicates poor prognosis in patients with scrub typhus.