Murine typhus is a common cause of febrile illness in Bedouin children in Israel

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 451-455

  Shalev, Hanna ^a   Raissa, Rotkane ^a   Evgenia, Zislin ^a   Yagupsky, Pablo ^b  

^a Rahat Childrens' Health Centre   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANEMIA; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLEA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; RICKETTSIA; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TYPHUS, ENDEMIC FLEA-BORNE;

EID: 33746585684     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500540459     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Taylor, JP and Betz, TG and Rawlings, JA. (1986) Epidemiology of murine typhus in Texas, 1980 to 1984 J Am Med Assoc, 255, pp. 2173-6.
2. Gikas, A and Doukakis, S and Pediaditis, J and Kastanakis, S and Psaroulaki, A and Tselentis, Y. (2002) Murine typhus in Greece: epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic data from 83 cases Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg, 96, pp. 250-3.
3. Whiteford, SF and Taylor, JP and Dumler, JS. (2001) Clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological features of murine typhus in 97 Texas children Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 155, pp. 396-400.
4. Dumler, JS and Taylor, JP and Walker, DH. (1991) Clinical and laboratory features of murine typhus in south Texas, 1980 to 1987 J Am Med Assoc, 266, pp. 1365-70.
5. Acuna-Soto, R and Calderon-Romero, L and Romero-Lopez, D and Bravo-Lindoro, A. (2000) Murine typhus in Mexico City Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg, 94, pp. 45.
6. Gikas, A and Doukakis, S and Pediaditis, J and Kastanakis, S and Manios, A and Tselentis, Y. (2004) Comparison of the effectiveness of 5 antibiotic regimens on infections with Rickettsia typhi: Therapeutic data from 87 cases Am J Trop Med Hyg, 70, pp. 576-9.
7. Takhar, S. (2003) Murine typhus-Hawaii 2002 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 52, pp. 1224-6.
8. Kularatne, SAM and Eridisingha, JS and Gawarammana, IB and Urakami, H and Chenchittikul, M and Kaiho, I. (2003) Emerging rickettsial infections in Sri Lanka: The pattern in the hilly Central Province Trop Med Intl Health, 8, pp. 803-11.
9. Murdoch, DR and Woods, CW and Zimmerman, MD and Dull, PM and Belbase, RH and Keenan, AJ and (2004) The aetiology of febrile illnesses in adults presenting to Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal Am J Trop Med Hyg, 70, pp. 670-5.
10. Gross, EM and Goldwasser, RA and Bearman, JE and Sarov, I and Sarov, B and Torok, V and Naggan, L. (1983) Rickettsial antibody prevalence in southern Israel; IgG antibodies to Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia typhi, and spotted fever group rickettsiae among urban- and rural-dwelling and Bedouin women Am J Trop Med Hyg, 32, pp. 1387-91.
11. Parola, P and Vogelaers, D and Roure, C and Janbon, F and Raoult, D. (1998) Murine typhus in travellers returning from Indonesia Emerg Infect Dis, 4, pp. 677-80.
12. Boostrom, A and Beier, MS and Macaluso, JA and Macaluso, K and Sprenger, D and Hayes, J and (2002) Geographic association of Rickettsia felis-infected opossums with human murine typhus, Texas Emerg Infect Dis, 8, pp. 549-54.
13. Mumcuoglu, KY and Ioffe Uspensky, I and Alkrinawi, S and Sarov, B and Manor, E and Galun, R. (2001) Prevalence of vectors of the spotted fever group rickettsiae and murine typhus in a Bedouin town in Israel J Med Entomol, 38, pp. 458-61.
14. Dumler, JS. (1994) Murine typhus Semin Pediatr Infect Dis, 5, pp. 137-42.
15. Hernandez-Cabrera, M and Angel-Moreno, A and Santana, E and Bolanos, M and Frances, A and Martin-Sanchez, AM and Perez-Arellano, JL. (2004) Murine typhus with renal involvement in the Canary Islands, Spain Emerg Infect Dis, 10, pp. 740-3.
16. Fergie, JE and Purcell, K and Wanat, D. (2000) Murine typhus in south Texas children Pediatr Infect Dis J, 19, pp. 535-8.
17. Bitsori, M and Galanakis, E and Gikas, A and Scoulica, E and Sbyrakis, S. (2002) Rickettsia typhi infection in childhood Acta Paediatr, 91, pp. 59-61.
18. Perez-Avraham, G and Yagupsky, P and Schlaeffer, F and Borer, A and Caiserman, S and Riesenberg, K. (2001) Zoonotic infections as causes of hospitalization among febrile Bedouin patients in southern Israel Trans Roy Soc Trop Med Hyg, 95, pp. 301-3.
19. Bernabeu-Wittel, M and Pachon, J and Alarcon, A and Lopez-Cortes, LF and Viciana, P and Jimenez-Mejias, ME and (1999) Murine typhus as a common cause of fever of intermediate duration: A 17-y study in the south of Spain Arch Intern Med, 26, pp. 872-6.
20. Meloni, G and Meloni, T. (1996) Azithromycin vs doxycycline for Mediterranean spotted fever Pediatr Infect Dis J, 15, pp. 1042-4.