
Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: a review.
Physicians caring for febrile returned travelers face the difficult task of recognizing the typical and atypical features of more than 16 known rickettsial diseases and separating these diseases from potentially serious nonrickettsial diseases. Currently available diagnostic tools are inadequate for timely diagnosis. This review summarizes the English-language literature concerning imported rickettsial diseases in international travelers and describes important clinical principles in diagnosis and treatment of these illnesses. -Travelers with imported rickettsial disease often become sick before or within a few days of return from an endemic region. Illness that begins more than 18 days after return is unlikely to be rickettsial in origin. The absence of a skin rash or exposure to a vector should not dissuade clinicians from considering the possibility of a rickettsial disease in a returned traveler. Finally, if empiric therapy does not result in defervescence within 48 hours, an alternative nonrickettsial illness should be strongly considered.
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Published In
DOI
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Microbiology
- 4206 Public health
- 4202 Epidemiology
- 3202 Clinical sciences