Meningitis and neurosensory hypoacousia due to Rickettsia sp. in Peru: case report.

Autor: Agramonte MJ; Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Perú., Vilcarromero S; Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Perú., Núñez-Melgar Z; Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Perú.
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian; English
Zdroj: Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica [Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica] 2024 Oct 21; Vol. 41 (3), pp. 316-320. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 21.
DOI: 10.17843/rpmesp.2024.413.13393
Abstrakt: Background: We present the case of a young female health worker, resident in a high Andean region of Peru, with recent exposure to farm animals and arthropods, who developed acute febrile undifferentiated syndrome, severe thrombocytopenia and pulmonary and abdominal extravasation. Subsequently, the patient developed meningitis and early onset bilateral neurosensorial hypoacusis and showed reactive serology to acute infection by Rickettsia sp. Epidemiological and clinical considerations in the differential diagnosis for early management are discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE