Septicaemia with Rickettsia helvetica in a patient with acute febrile illness, rash and myasthenia

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作者：

Nilsson, K. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Univ Uppsala Hosp, Dept Med Sci, Clin Microbiol Sect, Uppsala, Sweden

[2] Univ Uppsala Hosp, Dept Med Sci, Infect Dis Sect, Uppsala, Sweden

[3] Falun Cent Hosp, Dept Infect Dis, Falun, Sweden

[4] Falun Cent Hosp, Dept Clin Bacteriol, Falun, Sweden

[5] Falun Cent Hosp, Clin Res Ctr, Falun, Sweden

来源：

JOURNAL OF INFECTION | 2009年 / 58卷 / 01期

关键词：

Rickettsia; Septicaemia; Febrile illness; PCR; Rash; SPOTTED-FEVER; SPP; INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS; TISSUE; SERUM;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jinf.2008.06.005

中图分类号：

R51 [传染病];

学科分类号：

100401 ;

摘要：

The spotted fever rickettsia, Rickettsia helvetica, is mostly reported to present a flu-like self-limiting disease. In the present case, however, where the presence of R. helvetica in the blood was verified by PCR together with serologic evidence of infection, the patient presented a different clinical picture with acute febrile illness, rash and tong-tasting myasthenia. (C) 2008 The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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