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*Any of several similar diseases caused by Rickettsia bacteria (e.g. Rickettsia prowazekii, ) | *Any of several similar diseases caused by Rickettsia bacteria (e.g. Rickettsia prowazekii, ) | ||
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[[File:Epidemic_typhus_Burundi.jpg|thumbnail|Epidemic typhus]] | [[File:Epidemic_typhus_Burundi.jpg|thumbnail|Epidemic typhus]] | ||
* fever, headache, myalgia | |||
* transmitted by arthropods/ ticks | |||
* painless eschar at inoculation site imp clue | |||
* camping, hiking in grassy/ scrub area | |||
* regional LN, rash, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
{{Template:Fever in Traveler DDX}} | {{Template:Fever in Traveler DDX}} | ||
==Diagnosis== | |||
* Usually clinically | |||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
*[[Tetracycline]] | |||
*confirm serologically | |||
==Disposition== | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Travel Medicine]] | *[[Travel Medicine]] | ||
==References== | |||
[[Category:TropMed]] | [[Category:TropMed]] | ||
[[Category:ID]] | [[Category:ID]] | ||
Revision as of 02:34, 10 June 2015
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, myalgia
- transmitted by arthropods/ ticks
- painless eschar at inoculation site imp clue
- camping, hiking in grassy/ scrub area
- regional LN, rash, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia
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
- Usually clinically
Treatment
- Tetracycline
- confirm serologically