First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico
Abstract Murine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, which was first detected in Mexico in 1927. It was not until 1996 that the first systematized study involving this pathogen was conducted in two coastal states of Mexico. We now report the first confirmed case of murine typhu...
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| author | Selene Blum-Domínguez Sokani Sánchez-Montes Luis Alberto Núñez-Oreza José Mendoza-Zamudio Ingeborg Becker Miriam Berzunza-Cruz Paulino Tamay-Segovia |
| author_facet | Selene Blum-Domínguez Sokani Sánchez-Montes Luis Alberto Núñez-Oreza José Mendoza-Zamudio Ingeborg Becker Miriam Berzunza-Cruz Paulino Tamay-Segovia |
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| description | Abstract Murine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, which was first detected in Mexico in 1927. It was not until 1996 that the first systematized study involving this pathogen was conducted in two coastal states of Mexico. We now report the first confirmed case of murine typhus in the state of Campeche, which occurred in a male patient who exhibited fever, thrombocytopenia, hyperbilirubinemia, and a rash. Furthermore, the patient reported having had previous contact with Rickettsia reservoirs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd36708ad1804e7d9537dcf901d7f4842022-12-22T03:36:29ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98495210.1590/0037-8682-0009-2019S0037-86822019000100718First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, MexicoSelene Blum-DomínguezSokani Sánchez-MontesLuis Alberto Núñez-OrezaJosé Mendoza-ZamudioIngeborg BeckerMiriam Berzunza-CruzPaulino Tamay-SegoviaAbstract Murine typhus is a flea-borne disease caused by Rickettsia typhi, which was first detected in Mexico in 1927. It was not until 1996 that the first systematized study involving this pathogen was conducted in two coastal states of Mexico. We now report the first confirmed case of murine typhus in the state of Campeche, which occurred in a male patient who exhibited fever, thrombocytopenia, hyperbilirubinemia, and a rash. Furthermore, the patient reported having had previous contact with Rickettsia reservoirs.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100718&lng=en&tlng=enRickettsia typhiMurine typhusEctoparasites |
| spellingShingle | Selene Blum-Domínguez Sokani Sánchez-Montes Luis Alberto Núñez-Oreza José Mendoza-Zamudio Ingeborg Becker Miriam Berzunza-Cruz Paulino Tamay-Segovia First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Ectoparasites |
| title | First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico |
| title_full | First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico |
| title_fullStr | First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico |
| title_short | First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico |
| title_sort | first description of a clinical case of murine typhus in campeche mexico |
| topic | Rickettsia typhi Murine typhus Ectoparasites |
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