Moy Wai Lun, Ooi Say Tat
Department of General Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore
Department of General Medicine, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Mar;92(3):620-4. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0559. Epub 2014 Dec 29.
Patients with rickettsial infection may present with encephalitis or meningitis but neurologic involvement is rare in murine typhus. Here, we report two patients with Rickettsia typhi meningitis who presented with cranial neuropathy, presumably caused by two distinct disease processes. Recognition of the disease manifestations is important because rickettsial infections are potentially associated with significant morbidity. Simple effective treatments are available.
立克次体感染患者可能会出现脑炎或脑膜炎,但鼠型斑疹伤寒的神经系统受累情况较为罕见。在此,我们报告两例鼠型斑疹伤寒脑膜炎患者,他们出现了颅神经病变,推测是由两种不同的疾病过程引起的。认识到这些疾病表现很重要,因为立克次体感染可能会导致严重的发病率。目前有简单有效的治疗方法。