Japanese Spotted Fever Involving the Central Nervous System: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review
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- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 40 (10) , 3874-3876
Abstract
Japanese spotted fever (JSF), first reported in 1984, is a rickettsial disease caused by Rickettsia japonica . Until now, affliction of the central nervous system has been rarely reported. Here we report two cases of JSF associated with a central nervous system disorder such as meningoencephalitis.Keywords
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