Murine typhus and febrile illness, Nepal

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Oct;14(10):1656-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1410.080236.

Abstract

Murine typhus was diagnosed by PCR in 50 (7%) of 756 adults with febrile illness seeking treatment at Patan Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. Of patients with murine typhus, 64% were women, 86% were residents of Kathmandu, and 90% were unwell during the winter. No characteristics clearly distinguished typhus patients from those with blood culture-positive enteric fever.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cohort Studies
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fever / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nepal / epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rickettsia typhi / genetics
  • Rickettsia typhi / isolation & purification
  • Typhoid Fever / diagnosis
  • Typhoid Fever / epidemiology
  • Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / diagnosis
  • Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / epidemiology*
  • Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / microbiology