Elevated Troponin and Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction in Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever: A Case Report

We describe a patient with fever and borreliosis in the Northwestern Washington State, USA. The patient exhibited a classic Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction of tachycardia, hypotension, and thrombocytopenia following antimicrobial therapy, and she also developed an elevated serum cardiac troponin during...

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Main Authors: Kenneth A. Hoekstra, Michael T. Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/950314