Flea-Borne Typhus Presenting with Acalculous Cholecystitis and Severe Anemia.
Journal
Case reports in infectious diseases
ISSN: 2090-6625
Titre abrégé: Case Rep Infect Dis
Pays: Egypt
ID NLM: 101573243
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
23
08
2023
revised:
05
10
2023
accepted:
18
10
2023
medline:
13
11
2023
pubmed:
13
11
2023
entrez:
13
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Flea-borne typhus (FBT), an uncommon illness in the United States, typically presents as a high continuous fever with commonly associated symptoms including headache, myalgias, and rashes on the trunk and extremities. Patients infected with FBT may also present with atypical symptoms. As such, the combination of its relatively low incidence in the United States coupled with its variability in associated symptoms poses a diagnostic challenge for clinicians; early empiric treatment with doxycycline is warranted prior to a definitive diagnosis to reduce the risk of damage to vital organs. Albeit uncommon, the presentation of this patient's symptoms and final diagnosis of flea-borne typhus demonstrates the importance of (1) keeping atypical infections such as FBT in the differential diagnosis and (2) beginning empiric treatment to prevent damage to vital organs if suspicion of FBT is high.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Flea-borne typhus (FBT), an uncommon illness in the United States, typically presents as a high continuous fever with commonly associated symptoms including headache, myalgias, and rashes on the trunk and extremities. Patients infected with FBT may also present with atypical symptoms. As such, the combination of its relatively low incidence in the United States coupled with its variability in associated symptoms poses a diagnostic challenge for clinicians; early empiric treatment with doxycycline is warranted prior to a definitive diagnosis to reduce the risk of damage to vital organs.
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
Albeit uncommon, the presentation of this patient's symptoms and final diagnosis of flea-borne typhus demonstrates the importance of (1) keeping atypical infections such as FBT in the differential diagnosis and (2) beginning empiric treatment to prevent damage to vital organs if suspicion of FBT is high.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37954983
doi: 10.1155/2023/5510295
pmc: PMC10637845
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
5510295Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Ramya Varadarajan et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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