title: Rickettsia typhi infection presenting as subacute meningitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Crete, Greece. egalanak@med.uoc.gr
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galanakis
authors.forename: Achilleas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gikas
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bitsori
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sbyrakis
mesh_terms: 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