Relapsing Fever Infection Manifesting as Aseptic Meningitis, Texas, USA

Tickborne relapsing fever spirochetes are an overlooked cause of disease around the globe. We report a case of tickborne relapsing fever in a patient in Texas, USA, who had a single febrile episode and gastrointestinal and neurologic symptoms. Immunoblot analysis using recombinant Borrelia immunogen...

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Autores principales: Ellis, Lisa, Curtis, Michael W., Gunter, Sarah M., Lopez, Job E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34546167
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2710.210189
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author Ellis, Lisa
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description Tickborne relapsing fever spirochetes are an overlooked cause of disease around the globe. We report a case of tickborne relapsing fever in a patient in Texas, USA, who had a single febrile episode and gastrointestinal and neurologic symptoms. Immunoblot analysis using recombinant Borrelia immunogenic protein A implicated Borrelia turicatae as the causative agent.
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spelling pubmed-84623282021-10-07 Relapsing Fever Infection Manifesting as Aseptic Meningitis, Texas, USA Ellis, Lisa Curtis, Michael W. Gunter, Sarah M. Lopez, Job E. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Tickborne relapsing fever spirochetes are an overlooked cause of disease around the globe. We report a case of tickborne relapsing fever in a patient in Texas, USA, who had a single febrile episode and gastrointestinal and neurologic symptoms. Immunoblot analysis using recombinant Borrelia immunogenic protein A implicated Borrelia turicatae as the causative agent. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8462328/ /pubmed/34546167 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2710.210189 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.
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Relapsing Fever Infection Manifesting as Aseptic Meningitis, Texas, USA
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title_full Relapsing Fever Infection Manifesting as Aseptic Meningitis, Texas, USA
title_fullStr Relapsing Fever Infection Manifesting as Aseptic Meningitis, Texas, USA
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title_short Relapsing Fever Infection Manifesting as Aseptic Meningitis, Texas, USA
title_sort relapsing fever infection manifesting as aseptic meningitis, texas, usa
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34546167
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2710.210189
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