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Revision as of 20:33, 26 March 2014
Background
- Rickettsia/Typhus
Diagnosis
- fvr, ha, myalgia
- xmitted by arthropods/ ticks
- painless eschar at inoculation site imp clue
- camping, hiking in grassy/ scrub area
- regional LN, rash, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia
- dx clinically
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
Treatment
- tetracycline
- confirm serologically