Misdiagnosed murine typhus in a patient with multiple cerebral infarctions and hemorrhage: a case report

BACKGROUND: Rickettsias cause a wide spectrum of tick-, flea-, or mite-borne infections. Rickettsial infections have no classical manifestations and can often lead to encephalitis, which can be fatal if improperly diagnosed. CASE PRESENTATION: A 74-year-old male farmer was admitted to the hospital w...

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Autores principales: Xu, Ziqi, Zhu, Xiongchao, Lu, Qunying, Li, Xia, Hu, Yewen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26223226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-015-0383-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26223226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-015-0383-4

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