Kansenshogaku Zasshi
Online ISSN : 1884-569X
Print ISSN : 0387-5911
ISSN-L : 0387-5911
A Case of Tsutsugamushi Disease in the Urban Area of Komatsu City
Kouji KAJINAMIHajime FUJITAMasoyoshi HIRATAKosei UEDAShohji KAMEDAMinoru NOTOHidenori KASEDA
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1991 Volume 65 Issue 6 Pages 749-753

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Most of patients with tsutsugamushi disease are diagnosed by their clinical histories suggesting the opportunities of Rickettsia infection in a rural region. We reported a 76-year-old female patient, who was considered to be infected in her house in the urban area of Komatsu City. She has shown typical clinical manifestations of tsutsugamushi disease, and was remitted successfully by oral administration of minocycline. Although specific antibodies to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi could not be detected in her serum by the complement fixation (CF) method during her clinical course, their significant elevation was confirmed by the indirect immunofluorescence (IF) method.

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