Acute Myopericarditis Associated with Tickborne Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae

Acute Myopericarditis Associated with Tickborne Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae

We report an unusual case of myopericarditis caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae. Because of increasing reports of Rickettsia spp. as etiologic agents of acute myopericarditis and the ease and success with which it was treated in the patient reported here, rickettsial infection should be in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2017-12, Vol.23 (12), p.2091-2093
Hauptverfasser: Revilla-Martí, Pablo, Cecilio-Irazola, Álvaro, Gayán-Ordás, Jara, Sanjoaquín-Conde, Isabel, Linares-Vicente, Jose Antonio, Oteo, José A
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Sprache:eng
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Acute Myopericarditis Associated with Tickborne
bacteria
myocarditis
Research Letter
Rickettsia
tickborne diseases
ticks
vector-borne infections
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Zusammenfassung:We report an unusual case of myopericarditis caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae. Because of increasing reports of Rickettsia spp. as etiologic agents of acute myopericarditis and the ease and success with which it was treated in the patient reported here, rickettsial infection should be included in the differential diagnosis for myopericarditis.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2312.170293