Louse borne relapsing fever #LBRF #borrelia #recurrentis
ddx
-falciparum malaria
-yellow fever
-other Viral Hemorrhagic F as Rift Valley Fever
-viral hepatitis
-rickettsial infection
-Trench fever (Bartonella quintana
-typhoid

corkscrew/spirochetes in blood: #borrelia #recurrentis should be suspected in pts w/ fever &recent history of migration from/ through endemic countries (Ethiopia, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia). Transmitted via body lice, Pediculus humanus. Spirochetes visible in a Giemsa-stained thick or thin blood film

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.30.21196

louse borne #Borrelia #recurrentis Ref t.co/SlgNqCyFxs

#borrelia #recurrentis of louse borne relapsing fever #LBRF (seen E Africa, crowded condition, lice)

Ddx #spirochetes in the blood
tick borne relapsing fever #TBRF
(Tick borne, wooded cabins Colorado/Utah)

louse borne relapsing fever #LBRF #borrelia #recurrentis
ddx #IDsky
falciparum malaria
yellow fever
other Viral Hemorrhagic F as Rift Valley Fever
viral hepatitis
rickettsial infection
Trench fever (Bartonella quintana
typhoid

#borrelia #recurrentis should be suspected in pts w/ fever &recent history of migration from/ through endemic countries (Ethiopia, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia). Transmitted via body lice, Pediculus humanus. Spirochetes visible in a Giemsa-stained thick or thin blood film

Louse-borne relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis) in asylum seekers from Eritrea, the Netherlands, July 2015 Two patients from Eritrea, recently arrived in the Netherlands, presented with fever and were investigated for malaria. Bloodfilms showed spirochetes but no blood parasites. Louse-borne relapsing feve...

louse borne #Borrelia #recurrentis Ref www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...