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An Unusual Cutaneous Manifestation in a Patient with Murine Typhus.

ABSTRACT: Murine typhus is a flea-borne febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi. Although often accompanied by rash, an inoculation lesion has not been observed as it is with many tick- and mite-transmitted rickettsioses. We describe a patient with murine typhus and an unusual cutaneous manifestation at the site of rickettsial inoculation.

SUBMITTER: Blanton LS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4674229 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An Unusual Cutaneous Manifestation in a Patient with Murine Typhus.

Blanton Lucas S LS Lea Alfred S AS Kelly Brent C BC Walker David H DH

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20150928 6

Murine typhus is a flea-borne febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi. Although often accompanied by rash, an inoculation lesion has not been observed as it is with many tick- and mite-transmitted rickettsioses. We describe a patient with murine typhus and an unusual cutaneous manifestation at the site of rickettsial inoculation. ...[more]

PMID: 26416115

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