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doi: 10.1128/JCM.01201-10.
Epub 2010 Dec 1.
Rickettsia typhi infection with interstitial pneumonia in a traveler treated with moxifloxacin
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Rickettsia typhi infection with interstitial pneumonia in a traveler treated with moxifloxacin
J Clin Microbiol.
2011 Feb.
Abstract
Rickettsial diseases may play an important part in the differential diagnosis of fever in returned travelers. The initial empirical treatment needs to take Rickettsia species into consideration to avoid the development of life-threatening courses. Here, we present a case of interstitial pneumonia associated with Rickettsia typhi infection treated with moxifloxacin.
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(A) Chest X-ray on admission. 
, few ground-glass opacities in the right lower and upper lung lobe indicating interstitial infiltrations; 
, some band shadowing in the right and left lower lung lobe resulting from atelectasis. (B) Chest X-ray on day 8 of admission, after a 7-day course of moxifloxacin, the third day of doxycycline treatment.
, few ground-glass opacities in the right lower and upper lung lobe indicating interstitial infiltrations; , some band shadowing in the right and left lower lung lobe resulting from atelectasis. (B) Chest X-ray on day 8 of admission, after a 7-day course of moxifloxacin, the third day of doxycycline treatment.Similar articles
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