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Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Synopsis

Typhus Group Rickettsiosis, Germany, 2010–20171

Jessica Rauch, Philip Eisermann, Bernd Noack, Ute Mehlhoop, Birgit Muntau, Johannes Schäfer, and Dennis TappeComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (J. Rauch, P. Eisermann, B. Noack, U. Mehlhoop, B. Muntau, D. Tappe); Tropenklinik Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus, Tübingen, Germany (J. Schäfer)

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Table 1

Characteristics of 28 patients with typhus group rickettsiosis, Germany, 2010–2017*

Patient no. Age, y/sex Year of diagnosis Travel history PCR result† Signs and symptoms Hospitalized
1 26/M 2016 Indonesia (Java), Singapore Negative Fever, exanthema, femoral lymphadenitis Yes
2 4/M 2016 The Gambia Negative Fever, myalgia, pneumonia Yes
3 27/M 2015 Indonesia (Java, Bali, Gili, Lombok) NA Fever, headache Yes
4 27/M 2015 Indonesia (Lombok, Komodo, Flores, Gili, Bali, Java) NA Fever, headache, exanthema Yes
5 76/F 2015 Canary Islands NA Fever, exanthema, dysuria Yes
6 21/F 2015 Thailand NA Fever, exanthema, genital herpes No
7 27/F 2015 Cameroon Negative Fever, headache, acute kidney injury Yes
8 26/F 2015 NA NA NA NA
9 80/F 2015 No (Germany) NA Fever, headache, arthralgia, myalgia No
10 42/M 2014 Thailand Negative Fever, exanthema Yes
11 25/F 2014 Florida NA Cough, reddened ear No
12 31/F 2014 Indonesia (Bali) Negative Fever, headache, exanthema No
13 28/M 2014 Greece R. typhi Fever, fatigue Yes
14 31/M 2014 Indonesia (Bali) NA Fever, exanthema Yes
15 72/M 2014 No (Germany) NA Pneumonia, pleural effusion Yes
16 34/F 2014 Costa Rica NA Headache No
17 57/M 2013 Cambodia R. typhi§ Fever, headache, exanthema, splenomegaly Yes
18 75/M 2013 Texas Negative Exanthema, confusion, hallucination, fatigue Yes
19 58/M 2013 Greece NA Fever, exanthema, arthralgia, fatigue Yes
20 28/F 2013 Indonesia (Bali, Gili) Negative Fever, headache, myalgia, splenomegaly, fatigue Yes
21 50/F 2012 No (Germany) NA Arthralgia No
22 23/M 2012 Burkina Faso Negative Fever, diarrhea Yes
23 21/M 2012 Namibia NA Fever, exanthema No
24 53/M 2012 Cambodia Negative Fever, headache, exanthema, arthralgia No
25 26/M 2011 Cambodia NA Fever, headache, exanthema Yes
26 47/M 2011 Indonesia (Java, Bali) Negative Fever, headache, arthralgia, splenomegaly No
27 22/M 2011 Indonesia (Bali, Lombok) Negative Fever, headache, arthralgia Yes
28 34/F 2010 Nepal R. typhi§ Fever, headache, exanthema, pneumonia Yes

*NA, not available.
Rickettsia typhi–specific and R. prowazekii–specific nested prsA quantitative PCR.
‡Nested R. typhi–specific prsA quantitative PCR from liver biopsy sample, positive; from serum sample, negative.
§Also positive ompB PCR from whole blood.

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1Part of this study was orally presented at the annual meeting of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology, February 19–21, 2018, Bochum, Germany.

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