Encephalitis: A rare complication of mediterranean spotted fever

Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is an emerging zoonosis caused by Rickettsia conorii. The MSF typically presents with a triad of fever, generalized cutaneous rash and inoculation eschar, but its clinical spectrum may range from a mild febrile illness to a potentially life-threatening condition, be...

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Autores principales: Mendes, Jorge Bastos, Gomes, João Filipe, Gonçalves, Tatiana, Canhão, Bernardo, Madaleno, João
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01136
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author Mendes, Jorge Bastos
Gomes, João Filipe
Gonçalves, Tatiana
Canhão, Bernardo
Madaleno, João
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Gonçalves, Tatiana
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description Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is an emerging zoonosis caused by Rickettsia conorii. The MSF typically presents with a triad of fever, generalized cutaneous rash and inoculation eschar, but its clinical spectrum may range from a mild febrile illness to a potentially life-threatening condition, being central nervous system involvement highly rare. We report the clinical case of a 63-year-old male patient with MSF complicated by acute encephalitis and multi-organic failure.
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spelling pubmed-81221662021-05-21 Encephalitis: A rare complication of mediterranean spotted fever Mendes, Jorge Bastos Gomes, João Filipe Gonçalves, Tatiana Canhão, Bernardo Madaleno, João IDCases Case Report Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is an emerging zoonosis caused by Rickettsia conorii. The MSF typically presents with a triad of fever, generalized cutaneous rash and inoculation eschar, but its clinical spectrum may range from a mild febrile illness to a potentially life-threatening condition, being central nervous system involvement highly rare. We report the clinical case of a 63-year-old male patient with MSF complicated by acute encephalitis and multi-organic failure. Elsevier 2021-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8122166/ /pubmed/34026533 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01136 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Encephalitis: A rare complication of mediterranean spotted fever
title Encephalitis: A rare complication of mediterranean spotted fever
title_full Encephalitis: A rare complication of mediterranean spotted fever
title_fullStr Encephalitis: A rare complication of mediterranean spotted fever
title_full_unstemmed Encephalitis: A rare complication of mediterranean spotted fever
title_short Encephalitis: A rare complication of mediterranean spotted fever
title_sort encephalitis: a rare complication of mediterranean spotted fever
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8122166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01136
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