Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Myocarditis and pericarditis are rare complications of rickettsiosis, usually associated with <it>Rickettsia rickettsii </it>and <it>R. conorii</it>. African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is generally considered as a...
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| author | Ave Anne Potin Mathieu Monti Matteo Bellini Cristina Bille Jacques Greub Gilbert |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Myocarditis and pericarditis are rare complications of rickettsiosis, usually associated with <it>Rickettsia rickettsii </it>and <it>R. conorii</it>. African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is generally considered as a benign disease and no cases of myocardial involvement due to <it>Rickettsia africae</it>, the agent of ATBF, have yet been described.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>The patient, that travelled in an endemic area, presented typical inoculation eschars, and a seroconversion against <it>R. africae</it>, was admitted for chest pains and increased cardiac enzymes in the context of an acute myocarditis.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our findings suggest that ATBF, that usually presents a benign course, may be complicated by an acute myocarditis.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2742d4f0c407426e934b9f1aa442e9772022-12-22T01:35:23ZengBMCBMC Infectious Diseases1471-23342005-10-01519010.1186/1471-2334-5-90Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite feverAve AnnePotin MathieuMonti MatteoBellini CristinaBille JacquesGreub Gilbert<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Myocarditis and pericarditis are rare complications of rickettsiosis, usually associated with <it>Rickettsia rickettsii </it>and <it>R. conorii</it>. African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is generally considered as a benign disease and no cases of myocardial involvement due to <it>Rickettsia africae</it>, the agent of ATBF, have yet been described.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>The patient, that travelled in an endemic area, presented typical inoculation eschars, and a seroconversion against <it>R. africae</it>, was admitted for chest pains and increased cardiac enzymes in the context of an acute myocarditis.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our findings suggest that ATBF, that usually presents a benign course, may be complicated by an acute myocarditis.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/5/90 |
| spellingShingle | Ave Anne Potin Mathieu Monti Matteo Bellini Cristina Bille Jacques Greub Gilbert Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever BMC Infectious Diseases |
| title | Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever |
| title_full | Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever |
| title_fullStr | Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever |
| title_short | Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever |
| title_sort | cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of african tick bite fever |
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