Rickettsia africae infection complicated with painful sacral syndrome in an Italian traveller returning from Zimbabwe

Rickettsia africae infection complicated with painful sacral syndrome in an Italian traveller returning from Zimbabwe

We report a case of Rickettsia africae infection complicated with painful sacral syndrome in an Italian traveller returning from Zimbabwe. The patient presented with fever, a tache noire on the left leg, and a neurological syndrome characterized by severe pain of the left leg, predominantly located...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Zammarchi, Alberto Farese, Michele Trotta, Aldo Amantini, Didier Raoult, Alessandro Bartoloni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Rickettsia africae
Neurological complication
Painful sacral syndrome
Pain
Travel
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214016737

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