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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3898-3900, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3898-3900.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Reemerging Threat of Epidemic Typhus in Algeria

K. Mokrani,1 P. E. Fournier,2 M. Dalichaouche,3 S. Tebbal,1 A. Aouati,3 and D. Raoult2*

Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier de Batna, Batna,1 Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Centre Hospitalier de Constantine, Constantine, Algeria,3 Unité des Rickettsies, IFR 48, CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseilles Cédex 5, France2

Received 1 March 2004/ Returned for modification 16 April 2004/ Accepted 9 May 2004

We report a case of epidemic typhus in a patient from the Batna region of Algeria, who presented with generalized febrile exanthema. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by serological cross-adsorption followed by Western blotting. Our report emphasizes the threat of epidemic typhus in the highlands of Algeria.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité des Rickettsies, IFR 48, CNRS UMR 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Blvd. Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseilles Cédex 5, France. Phone: (33) 491 38 55 17. Fax: (33) 491 38 77 72. E-mail: didier.raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3898-3900, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3898-3900.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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