摘要：A 38 year old man died with multiorgan failure from scrub typhus (infection with Rickettsiatsutsugamushi). His infection was acquired in the rainforest fringes of Litchfield National Park,Northern Territory. This is the eighth documented case of scrub typhus acquired in LitchfieldNational Park since it was first recognised as a focus of infection in 1990. To date the Park is theonly known focus of scrub typhus in the Northern Territory. A possible focus in rainforest in theKimberley region of northern Western Australia also exists. As tourism increases, other remotefoci of vectors, endemic rodent hosts and rickettsiae may be recognised in northern Australia
