title: Hepatitis in association with rickettsialpox.
abstract: Rickettsialpox is an acute, self-limited, febrile illness caused by Rickettsia akari and transmitted by Liponyssoides sanguineus, a mite that infests the common house mouse, Mus musculus. Liver involvement in rickettsialpox has received little attention, although hepatitis has been reported in several other rickettsial infections. In this report, we describe two patients with rickettsialpox who had acute hepatitis that resolved completely. In the appropriate clinical setting, rickettsialpox should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hepatitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Gul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Madison
authors.forename: Leona
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kim-Schluger
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Braverman
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Wormser
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D041141:Rickettsia akari / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission