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Rickettsia mongolitimonae Encephalitis, Southern France, 2018.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection, an emerging tickborne rickettsiosis, with associated encephalitis in a 66-year-old man. Diagnosis was rapidly confirmed by quantitative PCR obtained from an eschar swab sample. The patient was successfully treated with oral doxycycline.

SUBMITTER: Loarte MDC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986838 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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