Case Report: Typhoid Fever and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis Presenting Concomitantly in an Indian Immigrant

Regev Cohen; Frida Babushkin; Maurice Shapiro; Martina Uda; Yafit Atiya-Nasagi; Talya Finn

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.17-0770

Case Report: Typhoid Fever and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis Presenting Concomitantly in an Indian Immigrant

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Oct;99(4):864-866. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0770.

Authors

Regev Cohen^{1

2}, Frida Babushkin¹, Maurice Shapiro³, Martina Uda³, Yafit Atiya-Nasagi⁴, Talya Finn^{2

1}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Sanz Medical Center, Laniado Hospital, Netanya, Israel.
² The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
³ Intensive Care Unit, Sanz Medical Center, Laniado Hospital, Netanya, Israel.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, The Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.

Abstract

We present a rare case of an Indian immigrant suffering from concomitant infection of Salmonella typhi and spotted fever group Rickettsia. We discuss the scarce reports of dual infections from the developing world and the related diagnostic challenges.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Coinfection
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Emigrants and Immigrants
Female
Humans
India
Israel
Rickettsia / drug effects
Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
Rickettsia / pathogenicity
Salmonella typhi / drug effects
Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification*
Salmonella typhi / pathogenicity
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / diagnosis*
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / drug therapy
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / microbiology
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / pathology
Typhoid Fever / diagnosis*
Typhoid Fever / drug therapy
Typhoid Fever / microbiology
Typhoid Fever / pathology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents