Murine typhus presenting with multiple white dots in the retina

T M Lu; B I Kuo; Y M Chung; C Y Liu

doi:10.3109/00365549709035910

Murine typhus presenting with multiple white dots in the retina

Scand J Infect Dis. 1997;29(6):632-3. doi: 10.3109/00365549709035910.

Authors

T M Lu¹, B I Kuo, Y M Chung, C Y Liu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Veteran General Hospital-Taipei, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, ROC.

PMID: 9571749
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709035910

Abstract

The retinal manifestations of murine typhus have rarely been reported. We report a case of murine typhus with multiple retinal white dots, which are similar to the presentation of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Retinal Diseases / microbiology*
Rickettsia typhi*
Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne / complications*