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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Moy WL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4350562 | biostudies-other | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20141229 3
Patients with rickettsial infection may present with encephalitis or meningitis but neurologic involvement is rare in murine typhus. Here, we report two patients with Rickettsia typhi meningitis who presented with cranial neuropathy, presumably caused by two distinct disease processes. Recognition of the disease manifestations is important because rickettsial infections are potentially associated with significant morbidity. Simple effective treatments are available. ...[more]