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Severe Murine Typhus with Pulmonary System Involvement
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 We encountered a case of severe murine typhus complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome. To determine worldwide prevalence of such cases, we reviewed the literature and found that respiratory symptoms occur in ≈30% of murine typhus patients.
Thomas W. van der Vaart +6 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019 Murine typhus is a rarely diagnosed cause of acute febrile illness in Malaysia, and its true disease burden is unknown. We report a case of an acute murine typhus infection in a patient living in a small city in Peninsular Malaysia, presenting with fever,
Yazli Yuhana +8 more
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Murine Typhus: An Important Consideration for the Nonspecific Febrile Illness
Case Reports in Medicine, 2012 Murine typhus is a widely distributed flea-borne infection caused by Rickettsia typhi. Symptoms of murine typhus are nonspecific and mimic a variety of other infectious diseases.
Gurjot Basra +2 more
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Rickettsia typhi infection presenting as severe ARDS
IDCases, 2019 Murine typhus, also known as endemic typhus, is a disease resulting from an infection caused by the gram-negative bacillus Rickettsia typhi. Murine typhus is identified worldwide, predominantly in tropical and subtropical geographic locations ...
Liem T. Tran +6 more
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Murine Typhus and Febrile Illness, Nepal
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008 Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the ...
Mark D. Zimmerman +9 more
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Increased Nucleosomes and Neutrophil Activation Link to Disease Progression in Patients with Scrub Typhus but Not Murine Typhus in Laos. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 Cell-mediated immunity is essential in protection against rickettsial illnesses, but the role of neutrophils in these intracellular vasculotropic infections remains unclear.
Daniel H Paris +7 more
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Systematic Surveillance of Rickettsial Diseases in 27 Hospitals from 26 Provinces throughout Vietnam
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 In Vietnam, the public health burden of rickettsial infections continues to be underestimated due to knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of these diseases.
Nguyen Vu Trung +10 more
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Rickettsial Illnesses as Important Causes of Febrile Illness in Chittagong, Bangladesh
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 We conducted a yearlong prospective study of febrile patients admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Chittagong, Bangladesh, to assess the proportion of patients with rickettsial illnesses and identify the causative pathogens, strain genotypes, and ...
Hugh W. Kingston +23 more
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Acute Febrile Illness and Complications Due to Murine Typhus, Texas, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Murine typhus occurs relatively commonly in southern Texas, as well as in California. We reviewed records of 90 adults and children in whom murine typhus was diagnosed during a 3-year period in 2 hospitals in southern Texas, USA.
Zeeshan Afzal +4 more
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Reemergence of Murine Typhus in Galveston, Texas, USA, 2013
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Twelve patients with murine typhus were identified in Galveston, Texas, USA, in 2013. An isolate from 1 patient was confirmed to be Rickettsia typhi. Reemergence of murine typhus in Galveston emphasizes the importance of vector control and awareness of ...
Lucas S. Blanton +3 more
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