Severe Murine Typhus Presenting with Acalculous Cholecystitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

A 54-year-old otherwise healthy male, who was being evaluated for prolonged fever, developed clinical and ultrasonographic signs compatible with acute acalculous cholecystitis. Diagnosis of murine typhus was confirmed by serology and the patient was treated with doxycycline. He improved rapidly and...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos Spernovasilis, Constantinos Tsioutis, Maria Zafeiri, Georgios Hamilos, Achilleas Gikas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3769074
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