Rickettsia mongolitimonae Encephalitis, Southern France, 2018

Rickettsia mongolitimonae Encephalitis, Southern France, 2018

We report a case of Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection, an emerging tickborne rickettsiosis, with associated encephalitis in a 66-year-old man. Diagnosis was rapidly confirmed by quantitative PCR obtained from an eschar swab sample. The patient was successfully treated with oral doxycyclin...

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Main Authors: María Dolores Corbacho Loarte, Cléa Melenotte, Nadim Cassir, Serge Cammilleri, Philippe Dory-Lautrec, Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Rickettsia mongolitimonae
encephalitis
tickborne rickettsioses
vector-borne infections
ticks
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/18-1667_article

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