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Epidemic typhus

Epidemic typhus: Introduction

Epidemic typhus: An infectious disease caused by Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by body lice. The severity of the illness may range from moderate to fatal. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Epidemic typhus is available below.

Symptoms of Epidemic typhus

• High fever
• Chills
• Myalgia
• Severe headache
• Malaise
• more symptoms...»

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Treatments for Epidemic typhus

• Tetracyclines
• Chloramphenicol
• more treatments...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Epidemic typhus?

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• Failure to diagnose Epidemic typhus
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Epidemic typhus: Related Patient Stories

• Must be an epidemic!

Epidemic typhus: Complications

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• Coma
• Myocardial failure
• Kidney failure
• Death
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Causes of Epidemic typhus

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Disease Topics Related To Epidemic typhus

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Epidemic typhus:

• Rickettsemia
• Louse-borne typhus
• Classic typhus
• Brill-Zinsser disease
• Recrudescence of epidemic typhus
• Murine typhus
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Epidemic typhus

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,...read more »

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Epidemic typhus

Medical research articles related to Epidemic typhus include:

• Lice
• Pediculus humanus
• Trench Fever (Diagnosis)
• Typhus (Overview)
• Rickettsial Infection (Diagnosis)
• Typhus (Treatment)
• Insect Bites (Diagnosis)
• more research...»

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Research about Epidemic typhus

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Epidemic typhus: Broader Related Topics

• Typhus
• Bacterial diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• more types...»

Types of Epidemic typhus

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