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Article: Murine typhus in child, Yucatan, Mexico.(DISPATCHES)(Report)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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Murine typhus is a worldwide febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, which is frequently associated with exposure to reservoir animals and their ectoparasites (1,2). Patients with murine typhus often have nonspecific signs and symptoms that mimic those of common febrile illnesses. Although the disease is generally self-limited, it sometimes has complications that require hospitalization and can even cause death if the appropriate timely treatment is not administered (3,4). Antimicrobial drug treatment dramatically reduces the symptomatic period as well as the economic effects by lowering expenses and minimizing loss of productivity.
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