Galanakis Emmanouil, Gikas Achilleas, Bitsori Maria, Sbyrakis Stelios
Department of Pediatrics, University of Crete, Greece.
J Child Neurol. 2002 Feb;17(2):156-7. doi: 10.1177/088307380201700217.
We report two children with Rickettsia typhi infection presenting with mild central nervous system manifestations and pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid. Murine typhus should be included in the differential diagnosis of meningoencephalitis in children who are residents of endemic areas.