Case report: Severe typhus group rickettsiosis complicated by pulmonary edema in a returning traveler from Indonesia |
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Authors: | Stockdale Alexander J Weekes Michael P Kiely Bridget Lever Andrew M L |
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Affiliation: | Department of Infectious Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. alexstockdale@doctors.org.uk |
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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. |
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