Severe interstitial pneumonia due to murine typhus in a patient returning from Bali.

ABSTRACT: Murine typhus has been increasingly reported as a cause of fever in returning travelers from Southeast Asia. We report a case of a previously healthy traveler returning from Bali with an non-specific febrile illness which quickly progressed to a severe form of interstitial pneumonia. After a careful epidemiological evaluation and laboratory analysis, murine typhus was diagnosed.

SUBMITTER: Malheiro L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5440275 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature