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.
Moyosore D Awobajo +2 more
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Severe flea-borne typhus complicated by hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A case report and review of literature [PDF]
IDCasesFlea-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.
Zamora Gonzalez RA, Mayo MS, Jeng AC.
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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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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]
PathogensFlea-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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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 ...
Christopher Dayton, Gregory M Anstead
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Flea-Borne Typhus Presenting with Acalculous Cholecystitis and Severe Anemia. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect Dis, 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.
Varadarajan R +5 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]
Trop Med Infect Dis, 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.
Anstead GM.
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Flea-Borne Typhus as a COVID-19 Mimic: A Report of Four Cases. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisFlea-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
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Flea-borne typhus with rare neurological manifestations–Case report
Brain Disorders, 2023 We report an inpatient case of flea-borne typhus (FBT) and normal pressure hydrocephalus in a 75-year-old male patient with a prior diagnosis of mixed Alzheimer and vascular dementia, who presented with acute onset of altered mental status, behavioral ...
Jasmine Liu-Zarzuela
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Infectious Disease Reports, 2023 Murine typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, an obligately intracellular Gram-negative coccobacillus. Rats (Rattus species) and their fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) serve as the reservoir and vector of R. typhi, respectively.
Lucas S Blanton
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