A case of pleurisy associated with antibodies to Rickettsia conorii
| Autor: | G. Ilonidis, Antonis Antoniadis, S. Alexiou-Daniel, A. Tea |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Adult Male Malignancy Boutonneuse Fever Rickettsiaceae medicine Prevalence Animals Humans Pleurisy Doxycycline R. conorii biology Greece General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Antibodies Bacterial Radiography Titer Rickettsia conorii Infectious Diseases Immunoglobulin M Immunoglobulin G Immunology biology.protein Seasons Antibody Rickettsiales medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 9(5) |
| ISSN: | 1198-743X |
| Popis: | Rickettsia conorii is endemic in Mediterranean area. We describe an unusual sace of R. Conorii infection, which concerns a farmer with clinical, radiological and cytological findings of pleurisy without evidence of malignancy. An elevated antibody titre for R. Conorii was observed, using an indirect immunofluorescent antibody test. After treatment with Doxycycline, the patient presented a significant improvement of his clinical and radiological image and a four-fold decrease of the antibody titre for R. conorii. |
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