Aher Atul R, Shah Harshada, Rastogi Vichal, Tukaram Prabhu K, Choudhury Reshmi Chanda
Department of Microbiology, People's College of Medical Science and Research Centre, Bhopal, India.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2008 Apr-Jun;51(2):292-3. doi: 10.4103/0377-4929.41703.
Relapsing fever is an acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The high fevers of presenting patients spontaneously abate and then recur. Here we report a 50-year-old woman having relapsing fever associated with thrombocytopenia. Giemsa staining of peripheral blood smear revealed spiral organisms morphologically resembling Borrelia. A rare case of relapsing fever which was successfully treated with doxycycline is discussed.
回归热是一种由疏螺旋体属螺旋体引起的急性发热性疾病。就诊患者的高热会自行消退然后复发。在此我们报告一名50岁女性患有与血小板减少相关的回归热。外周血涂片吉姆萨染色显示有形态上类似疏螺旋体的螺旋状微生物。本文讨论了一例用强力霉素成功治疗的罕见回归热病例。