Acalculous cholecystitis and pancreatitis are rare complications of scrub typhus in children. In febrile patients from an endemic area with multisystem involvement, scrub typhus should be a differential diagnosis. Scrub typhus patients who develop abdominal pain, acute cholecystitis or pancreatitis should be suspected.
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