Rickettsia mongolitimonae Encephalitis, Southern France, 2018.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection, an emerging tickborne rickettsiosis, with associated encephalitis in a 66-year-old man. Diagnosis was rapidly confirmed by quantitative PCR obtained from an eschar swab sample. The patient was successfully treated with oral doxycycline.

SUBMITTER: Loarte MDC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986838 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature