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Myositis in a Child with Murine Typhus

A 12-year-old boy presented with fever, lower extremity pain and weakness. Examination revealed paraparesis, thigh and calf tenderness. Labs showed high creatinine phosphokinase and Rickettsia typhi titers. This case illustrates endemic typhus should be considered in the differential diagnosis of my...

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Autores principales: Seshadri, Sheshashree, Fergie, Jaime
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24757508
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5145