1. Rickettsia mongolitimonae Encephalitis, Southern France, 2018.
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Corbacho Loarte, María Dolores, Melenotte, Cléa, Cassir, Nadim, Cammilleri, Serge, Dory-Lautrec, Philippe, Raoult, Didier, Parola, Philippe, and Loarte, María Dolores Corbacho
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RICKETTSIA , *ENCEPHALITIS , *RICKETTSIAL diseases , *DOXYCYCLINE , *MENINGITIS , *ANTIBIOTICS , *ENCEPHALITIS diagnosis , *COMPARATIVE studies , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *ORAL drug administration , *RESEARCH , *EVALUATION research ,RICKETTSIAL disease diagnosis - Abstract
We report a case of Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection, an emerging tickborne rickettsiosis, with associated encephalitis in a 66-year-old man. Diagnosis was rapidly confirmed by quantitative PCR obtained from an eschar swab sample. The patient was successfully treated with oral doxycycline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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