Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever.


Autoria(s): Bellini C.; Monti M.; Potin M.; Dalle Ave A.; Bille J.; Greub G.
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2005

Resumo

BACKGROUND: Myocarditis and pericarditis are rare complications of rickettsiosis, usually associated with Rickettsia rickettsii and R. conorii. African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is generally considered as a benign disease and no cases of myocardial involvement due to Rickettsia africae, the agent of ATBF, have yet been described. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient, that travelled in an endemic area, presented typical inoculation eschars, and a seroconversion against R. africae, was admitted for chest pains and increased cardiac enzymes in the context of an acute myocarditis. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that ATBF, that usually presents a benign course, may be complicated by an acute myocarditis.

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http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_E26239C98AEC

isbn:1471-2334[electronic]

doi:10.1186/1471-2334-5-90

isiid:000232923900001

http://my.unil.ch/serval/document/BIB_E26239C98AEC.pdf

http://nbn-resolving.org/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_E26239C98AEC1

pmid:16242016

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en

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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Fonte

BMC infectious diseases, vol. 5, pp. 90

Palavras-Chave #Adult; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bites and Stings; Doxycycline; Humans; Male; Myocarditis; Pericarditis; Rickettsia; Rickettsia Infections; South Africa; Tick-Borne Diseases; Ticks; Travel
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