Rickettsial infection presenting as culture-negative meningitis.
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چکیده
Meningitis is an unusual presentation of rickettsial infection. We report a patient who was confirmed by serology to have typhus fever (not scrub), but who presented with the typical findings of culture-negative bacterial meningitis. Neurological manifestations of different types of rickettsial infection are discussed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 64 754 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988