title: Case report: Severe typhus group rickettsiosis complicated by pulmonary edema in a returning traveler from Indonesia.
abstract: We report a severe case of typhus group rickettsiosis in a returning traveler from Indonesia. This typically mild illness was characterized by progressive pulmonary edema and prolonged fever, with defervescence 4 days after the commencement of doxycycline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. alexstockdale@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Stockdale
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Weekes
authors.forename: Bridget
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kiely
authors.forename: Andrew M L
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lever
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012286:Rickettsia typhi; D014195:Travel; D014437:Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology