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==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
[[File:Epidemic_typhus_Burundi.jpg|thumbnail|Epidemic typhus]]
# fvr, ha, myalgia
# fvr, ha, myalgia
# xmitted by arthropods/ ticks
# xmitted by arthropods/ ticks

Revisión del 16:45 26 oct 2014

Background

  • Not to be confused with typhoid fever, a distinct disease caused by a different genera of bacteria
  • A rickettsia disease

Diagnosis

Epidemic typhus
  1. fvr, ha, myalgia
  2. xmitted by arthropods/ ticks
  3. painless eschar at inoculation site imp clue
  4. camping, hiking in grassy/ scrub area
  5. regional LN, rash, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia
  6. dx clinically

Differential Diagnosis

Fever in traveler

Treatment

  1. Tetracycline
  2. confirm serologically

See Also

Travel Medicine