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Flea-Borne Typhus Presenting with Acalculous Cholecystitis and Severe Anemia [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background. Flea-borne typhus (FBT), an uncommon illness in the United States, typically presents as a high continuous fever with commonly associated symptoms including headache, myalgias, and rashes on the trunk and extremities.
Ramya Varadarajan, Ashmi P. Patel, Keyvon Rashidi, Albert Oh, Rashmeen Rahman, Ryan Neal   +5 more
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Flea-Borne Typhus as a COVID-19 Mimic: A Report of Four Cases [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Flea-borne typhus (FBT), due to Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, is an infection causing fever, headache, rash, hepatitis, thrombocytopenia, and diverse organ manifestations. Cough occurs in about 30% of patients with FBT, and chest X-ray abnormalities are
Bradley V. Dye, Jose Alejandro Coba, Christopher L. Dayton, Jose Cadena, Gregory M. Anstead   +4 more
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Flea-Borne Typhus Causing Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: An Autopsy Case [PDF]

Infectious Disease Reports, 2023
Infection with members of the order Rickettsiales (the genera Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Orientia, and Ehrlichia) is known to cause hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). The literature is scant on flea-borne typhus (FBT) being implicated in this process.
Divya Chandramohan, Moyosore Awobajo, Olivia Fisher, Christopher L. Dayton, Gregory M. Anstead   +4 more
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History, Rats, Fleas, and Opossums. II. The Decline and Resurgence of Flea-Borne Typhus in the United States, 1945–2019 [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Flea-borne typhus, due to Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, is an infection causing fever, headache, rash, and diverse organ manifestations that can result in critical illness or death.
Gregory M. Anstead
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History, Rats, Fleas, and Opossums: The Ascendency of Flea-Borne Typhus in the United States, 1910–1944 [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Flea-borne typhus, due to Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia felis, is an infection causing fever, headache, rash, hepatitis, thrombocytopenia, and diverse organ manifestations.
Gregory M. Anstead
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Severe flea-borne typhus complicated by hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A case report and review of literature [PDF]

IDCases
Flea-borne typhus (FBT), also known as murine typhus, is a zoonotic infection caused by R. typhi with world-wide distribution. In the United States, the infection is uncommon but remains endemic in some areas, including Los Angeles County.
Rolando A. Zamora Gonzalez, Mark S. Mayo, Arthur C. Jeng   +2 more
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Parinaud’s Oculoglandular Syndrome: A Case in an Adult with Flea-Borne Typhus and a Review [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome (POGS) is defined as unilateral granulomatous conjunctivitis and facial lymphadenopathy. The aims of the current study are to describe a case of POGS with uveitis due to flea-borne typhus (FBT) and to present a ...
M. Kevin Dixon, Christopher L. Dayton, Gregory M. Anstead   +2 more
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A One Health Perspective on the Resurgence of Flea-Borne Typhus in Texas in the 21st Century: Part 1: The Bacteria, the Cat Flea, Urbanization, and Climate Change [PDF]

Pathogens
Flea-borne typhus (FBT), due to Rickettsia typhi and R. felis, is an infection typically causing fever, headache, rash, hepatitis, and thrombocytopenia.
Gregory M. Anstead
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A Flea-Borne Mystery: Unraveling Murine Typhus in a Patient with Unexplained Encephalopathy [PDF]

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Murine typhus is a flea-borne rickettsial infection caused by Rickettsia typhi , commonly seen in endemic regions like Southern California and Texas. While it typically presents with fever, rash, and headache, neurological symptoms such as altered mental
Jose Loayza Pintado MD, Jorge Aboytes MD, Cesar Uribe MD   +2 more
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Surveillance of Flea-Borne Typhus in California, 2011-2019. [PDF]

Am J Trop Med Hyg
ABSTRACT. Flea-borne typhus (FBT), also referred to as murine typhus, is an acute febrile disease in humans caused by the bacteria Rickettsia typhi. Currently, cases of FBT are reported for public health surveillance purposes (i.e., to detect incidence and outbreaks) in a few U.S. states. In California, healthcare providers and testing laboratories are
Yomogida K, Kjemtrup A, Martínez-López B, Ibrahim M, Contreras Z, Ngo V, Halai UA, Balter S, Feaster M, Zahn M, Shearer E, Sorvillo R, Balanji N, Torres C, Prado B, Porse C, Kramer V.   +16 more
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