Cardiac involvement in a patient with clinical and serological evidence of African tick-bite fever.
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2005
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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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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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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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info:eu-repo/semantics/article article |