Fournier Pierre-Edouard, Allombert Caroline, Supputamongkol Yupin, Caruso Giuseppe, Brouqui Philippe, Raoult Didier
Unité des rickettsies, IFR 48, CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France.
J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Feb;42(2):816-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.816-818.2004.
We report that eight patients from France, Italy, and Thailand had serological evidence of Rickettsia helvetica infection. The infection presented as a mild disease in the warm season and was associated with fever, headache, and myalgia but not with a cutaneous rash. R. helvetica should be suspected in patients with unexplained fever, especially following a bite from an Ixodes sp. tick.
我们报告,来自法国、意大利和泰国的8名患者有感染瑞士立克次体的血清学证据。该感染在温暖季节表现为轻症疾病,与发热、头痛和肌痛有关,但与皮疹无关。对于不明原因发热的患者,尤其是在被硬蜱属蜱叮咬后,应怀疑感染瑞士立克次体。