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* Fever, headache, myalgias<ref>http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2016/infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/rickettsial-spotted-typhus-fevers-related-infections-anaplasmosis-ehrlichiosis</ref> | * Fever, headache, myalgias<ref>CDC. Typhus and related diseases. http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2016/infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/rickettsial-spotted-typhus-fevers-related-infections-anaplasmosis-ehrlichiosis</ref> | ||
* Transmitted by arthropods/ ticks | * Transmitted by arthropods/ ticks | ||
* Painless eschar at inoculation site imp clue | * Painless eschar at inoculation site imp clue | ||
Revision as of 13:27, 19 May 2016
Background
- Not to be confused with typhoid fever, a distinct disease caused by a different genera of bacteria
- Any of several similar diseases caused by Rickettsia bacteria (e.g. Rickettsia prowazekii, )
Clinical Features
- Fever, headache, myalgias[1]
- Transmitted by arthropods/ ticks
- Painless eschar at inoculation site imp clue
- Camping, hiking in grassy/ scrub area
- Regional lymphadenopathy, rash
Differential Diagnosis
Fever in traveler
- Normal causes of acute fever!
- Malaria
- Dengue
- Leptospirosis
- Typhoid fever
- Typhus
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Chikungunya
- Yellow fever
- Rift valley fever
- Q fever
- Amebiasis
- Zika virus
Diagnosis
- leukopenia, thrombocytopenia
- Usually clinically
Treatment
- Tetracycline
- Chloramphenicol may be an alternative, though associated with higher morbidity
- Confirm serologically, not useful in acute phase