Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998
Dispatch
Murine Typhus in Travelers Returning from Indonesia
Table
Immunofluorescence testing for antibodies to Rickettsia typhi (Wilmington), R. prowazekii (Breinl), R. conorii (Moroccan), and Orientia tsutsugamushi (Kato, Gilliam, Karp, Kawazaki) in febrile patients returning from Indonesia
| Titer (IgG/IgM) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigens | R. typhi | R. prowazekii | R. conorii | O.tsutsugamushi | |
| Patient 1 | |||||
| Acute serum | 512/256 | 128/128 | <16/128 | <16/<16 | |
| Convalescent serum | 512/64 | 128/32 | <16/<16 | <16/<16 | |
| Patient 2 | |||||
| Acute serum | 256/512 | 128/512 | <16/128 | <16/<16 | |
| Convalescent serum | 256/512 | <16/<16 | <16/64 | <16/<16 | |
| Patient 3 | |||||
| Acute serum | 512/1024 | 256/2048 | <16/64 | <16/<16 | |
| Convalescent serum | 1024/1024 | 512/1024 | <16/32 | <16/<16 | |
