Brill-Zinsser disease in a patient following infection with sylvatic epidemic typhus associated with flying squirrels.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Recrudescent Rickettsia prowazekii infection, also known as Brill-Zinsser disease, can manifest decades after untreated primary infection but is rare in contemporary settings. We report the first known case of Brill-Zinsser disease in a patient originally infected with a zoonotic strain of R. prowazekii acquired from flying squirrels.
Medical subject headings
- Rickettsia prowazekii
- Sciuridae
- Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne