Spotted fever rickettsioses causing myocarditis and ARDS: a case from Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Spotted fever group of rickettsial infections are emerging in Sri Lanka. We describe a patient with rapidly progressing ARDS and myocarditis secondary to spotted fever caused by Rickettsia conorii. ARDS and myocarditis are rare complications of Rickettsia conorii infections and only a fe...

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Autores principales: Herath, H. M. L. Y., Jayasundara, J. M. H. D., Senadhira, S. D. N., Kularatne, S. A. M., Kularatne, W. K. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6311067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30594148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3631-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6311067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30594148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3631-6

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