title: A case report of relapsing fever.
abstract: Relapsing fever is an acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The high fevers of presenting patients spontaneously abate and then recur. Here we report a 50-year-old woman having relapsing fever associated with thrombocytopenia. Giemsa staining of peripheral blood smear revealed spiral organisms morphologically resembling Borrelia. A rare case of relapsing fever which was successfully treated with doxycycline is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, People's College of Medical Science and Research Centre, Bhopal, India. atulaher@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Atul R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Aher
authors.forename: Harshada
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Vichal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rastogi
authors.forename: Prabhu K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Tukaram
authors.forename: Reshmi Chanda
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Choudhury
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology; D001898:Borrelia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D026861:Ornithodoros / Q000382:microbiology; D008003:Phthiraptera / Q000382:microbiology; D012061:Relapsing Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline