Murine typhus: the first reported case from Victoria
Jones, S.L.; Athan, E.; O'Brien, D.; Graves, S.R.; Nguyen, C.; Stenos, J.
Medical Journal of Australia 180(9): 482
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X PMID: 15115431 Document Number: 569816
In 2002, a 49-year-old man presented to Geelong Hospital in Victoria, Australia with a 10-day history of fever, myalgia, rigors, headache, rash, sore throat, dry cough and chest pain. On examination, the patient had fever, hypoxia, tachycardia, rash, and conjunctivitis. Serological tests showed antibodies to the typhus group of rickettsiae, Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia prowazekii. The patient was treated with oral doxycycline and recovered completely. This is the first reported case of murine typhus in Victoria.