Murine typhus and febrile illness, Nepal.
Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the winter. No characteristics clearly distinguished typhus patients from those with blood culture-positive enteric fever.
Zimmerman
Mark D
MD
Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Murdoch
David R
DR
Rozmajzl
Patrick J
PJ
Basnyat
Buddha
B
Woods
Christopher W
CW
Richards
Allen L
AL
Belbase
Ram Hari
RH
Hammer
David A
DA
Anderson
Trevor P
TP
Reller
L Barth
LB
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012286:Rickettsia typhi / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology