Abstract |
A 22-year-old Chinese male, investigated elsewhere for fever and myalgia, was transferred to our hospital drowsy, unresponsive to commands and with a petechial rash. Partially treated meningococcal meningitis was suspected and high-dose antibiotics were immediately started. Rising Weil-Felix titres occurred too late for anti-rickettsial therapy to prevent a fatal outcome. Subsequent specific serology showed rising titres against Rickettsia conori. The desirability of more rapid and reliable methods of laboratory diagnosis of rickettsial infection is evident.
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Authors | R P Young, M Ip, D C Bassett |
Journal | Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases
(Scand J Infect Dis)
Vol. 27
Issue 5
Pg. 527-8
( 1995)
ISSN: 0036-5548 [Print] England |
PMID | 8588149
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Antibodies, Bacterial
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Topics |
- Adult
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Antibodies, Bacterial
(blood)
- Fatal Outcome
- Hong Kong
- Humans
- Male
- Meningitis, Bacterial
(diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology)
- Rickettsia
(immunology)
- Rickettsia Infections
(diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology)
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