Araki Manabu, Takatsuka Katsuya, Kawamura Junichiro, Kanno Yuko
Department of Neurology, Kobe City General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Oct;40(10):3874-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3874-3876.2002.
Japanese spotted fever (JSF), first reported in 1984, is a rickettsial disease caused by Rickettsia japonica. Until now, affliction of the central nervous system has been rarely reported. Here we report two cases of JSF associated with a central nervous system disorder such as meningoencephalitis.
日本斑点热(JSF)于1984年首次报道,是一种由日本立克次体引起的立克次体病。迄今为止,中枢神经系统受累的报道很少。在此,我们报告两例与脑膜脑炎等中枢神经系统疾病相关的日本斑点热病例。