Case report: Severe typhus group rickettsiosis complicated by pulmonary edema in a returning traveler from Indonesia

Alexander J Stockdale; Michael P Weekes; Bridget Kiely; Andrew M L Lever

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0340

Case report: Severe typhus group rickettsiosis complicated by pulmonary edema in a returning traveler from Indonesia

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Dec;85(6):1121-3. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0340.

Authors

Alexander J Stockdale¹, Michael P Weekes, Bridget Kiely, Andrew M L Lever

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. [email protected]

Abstract

We report a severe case of typhus group rickettsiosis in a returning traveler from Indonesia. This typically mild illness was characterized by progressive pulmonary edema and prolonged fever, with defervescence 4 days after the commencement of doxycycline.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Humans
Indonesia
Male
Pulmonary Edema / etiology
Pulmonary Edema / microbiology*
Rickettsia typhi*
Travel*
Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / complications
Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / diagnosis*
Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / microbiology