Rickettsia typhi infection presenting as subacute meningitis.
We report two children with Rickettsia typhi infection presenting with mild central nervous system manifestations and pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid. Murine typhus should be included in the differential diagnosis of meningoencephalitis in children who are residents of endemic areas.
Galanakis
Emmanouil
E
Department of Pediatrics, University of Crete, Greece. egalanak@med.uoc.gr
Gikas
Achilleas
A
Bitsori
Maria
M
Sbyrakis
Stelios
S
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D051379:Mice / Q000382:microbiology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012286:Rickettsia typhi; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission