Typhus
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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, )
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