In scrub typhus, PMN counts correlated (spearman’s Rho, p-value) with plasma levels of IL-6 (Rho = 0.257, p = 0.01), bleeding (Rho = 0.26, p = 0.041) seizure (Rho = 0.371, p = 0.002), confusion (Rho = 0.304, p = 0.015) and GCS (Rho = 0.22, p = 0.023), but not with ELA complex levels (p = 0.314). Here, IL6 is linked to scrub typhus.