Myositis in a child with murine typhus
Pediatric Infectious Disease, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
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Infect. Dis. Rep. 2014, 6(1), 5145; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5145
Submission received: 30 October 2013
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Revised: 16 November 2013
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Accepted: 6 December 2013
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Published: 14 February 2014
Abstract
A 12-year-old boy presented with fever, lower extremity pain and weakness. Examination revealed paraparesis, thigh and calf tenderness. Labs showed high creatinine phosphokinase and Rickettsia typhi titers. This case illustrates endemic typhus should be considered in the differential diagnosis of myositis especially in areas with high prevalence of the disease. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of myositis and paraparesis associated with a case of murine typhus.
Keywords:
Rickettsia; myositis; murine typhus; pediatric
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Seshadri, S.; Fergie, J. Myositis in a child with murine typhus. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2014, 6, 5145. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5145
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Seshadri S, Fergie J. Myositis in a child with murine typhus. Infectious Disease Reports. 2014; 6(1):5145. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5145
Chicago/Turabian StyleSeshadri, Sheshashree, and Jaime Fergie. 2014. "Myositis in a child with murine typhus" Infectious Disease Reports 6, no. 1: 5145. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5145
