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Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia

To investigate rickettsioses and leptospirosis among urban residents of Semarang, Indonesia, we tested the blood of 137 patients with fever. Evidence of Rickettsia typhi, the agent of murine typhus, was found in 9 patients. Another 9 patients showed inconclusive serologic results. Thirteen patients...

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Autores principales: Gasem, M. Hussein, Wagenaar, Jiri F.P., Goris, Marga G.A., Adi, Mateus S., Isbandrio, Bambang B., Hartskeerl, Rudy A., Rolain, Jean-Marc, Raoult, Didier, van Gorp, Eric C.M.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19523308
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.081405
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author Gasem, M. Hussein
Wagenaar, Jiri F.P.
Goris, Marga G.A.
Adi, Mateus S.
Isbandrio, Bambang B.
Hartskeerl, Rudy A.
Rolain, Jean-Marc
Raoult, Didier
van Gorp, Eric C.M.
author_facet Gasem, M. Hussein
Wagenaar, Jiri F.P.
Goris, Marga G.A.
Adi, Mateus S.
Isbandrio, Bambang B.
Hartskeerl, Rudy A.
Rolain, Jean-Marc
Raoult, Didier
van Gorp, Eric C.M.
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description To investigate rickettsioses and leptospirosis among urban residents of Semarang, Indonesia, we tested the blood of 137 patients with fever. Evidence of Rickettsia typhi, the agent of murine typhus, was found in 9 patients. Another 9 patients showed inconclusive serologic results. Thirteen patients received a diagnosis of leptospirosis. No dual infections were detected.
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spelling pubmed-27273362009-08-25 Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia Gasem, M. Hussein Wagenaar, Jiri F.P. Goris, Marga G.A. Adi, Mateus S. Isbandrio, Bambang B. Hartskeerl, Rudy A. Rolain, Jean-Marc Raoult, Didier van Gorp, Eric C.M. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To investigate rickettsioses and leptospirosis among urban residents of Semarang, Indonesia, we tested the blood of 137 patients with fever. Evidence of Rickettsia typhi, the agent of murine typhus, was found in 9 patients. Another 9 patients showed inconclusive serologic results. Thirteen patients received a diagnosis of leptospirosis. No dual infections were detected. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2727336/ /pubmed/19523308 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.081405 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Gasem, M. Hussein
Wagenaar, Jiri F.P.
Goris, Marga G.A.
Adi, Mateus S.
Isbandrio, Bambang B.
Hartskeerl, Rudy A.
Rolain, Jean-Marc
Raoult, Didier
van Gorp, Eric C.M.
Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia
title Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia
title_full Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia
title_fullStr Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia
title_short Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia
title_sort murine typhus and leptospirosis as causes of acute undifferentiated fever, indonesia
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19523308
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.081405
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