Aneruptive Fever Associated with Antibodies to Rickettsia helvetica in Europe and Thailand

• Main Authors: Pierre Edouard Fournier, Caroline Allombert, Yupin Supputamongkol, Giuseppe Caruso, Philippe Brouqui, Didier Raoult
• Other Authors: Faculte de Medecine de Marseille Universite de la Mediterranee
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/21740
• Institution: Mahidol University

We report that eight patients from France, Italy, and Thailand had serological evidence of Rickettsia helvetica infection. The infection presented as a mild disease in the warm season and was associated with fever, headache, and myalgia but not with a cutaneous rash. R. helvetica should be suspected...