A 16‐Year‐Old Boy With ARDS and Septic Shock, an Atypical Presentation of Murine Typhus: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Pierre H. François, Thalia Leclerc, Manon Jaboyedoff, Onya Opota, Gilbert Greub, Guillaume Maitre, Vivianne Chanez · 2026
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Description
Pierre François and co-authors report a severe case of murine typhus in a teenager in a 2026 paper. Murine typhus is a flea-borne disease from the bacterium Rickettsia typhi. Signs are often vague, so diagnosis can lag. Most cases are mild, but some turn very grave.
The sixteen-year-old boy, born in Somalia and living in Switzerland after time in Kenya, developed septic shock and acute respiratory distress. Doctors in intensive care suspected typhus on arrival, and a PCR test confirmed it. He improved on doxycycline. The authors urge early thought of rickettsial disease for patients from endemic areas.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pierre H. François, Thalia Leclerc, Manon Jaboyedoff, Onya Opota, Gilbert Greub, Guillaume Maitre, Vivianne Chanez |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |