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An Eleven-Year Old Patient with Rikettsial Disease: Case Report

Onbir Yaşında Riketsiya Vakası: Vaka Sunumu

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A patient with the diagnosis of rickettsial disease is presented here.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Rickettsial diseases are a group of diseases caused by obligatory intracellular gram-negative coccobacillus and transmitted to humans by arthropod vectors.
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Rickettsial diseases are a group of diseases caused by obligatory intracellular gram-negative coccobacillus and transmitted to humans by arthropod vectors. The main signs and symptoms during the clinical course of endemic typhus are fever, rash, myalgia, nausea, headache, diarrhea, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and loss of appetite. The high incidence in the Mediterranean basin is believed to be a result of the hot climate. Due to lack of specific findings, the true incidence of the disease is not clear. Because delay in diagnosis and treatment leads to increased morbidity and mortality, treatment should be initiated immediately with clinical suspicion. Immunofluorescence antibody detection is the gold standard for diagnosis. The Weil-Felix test can be used in the absence of other tests. A patient with the diagnosis of rickettsial disease is presented here.

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Riketsiyal hastalıklar zorunlu intrasellüler gramnegatif kokobasillerin yol açtığı ve insanlara artropod vektörler tarafından bulaştırılan bir hastalık grubudur. Endemik tifüsün klinik seyri boyunca görülen başlıca belirti ve bulgular ateş, döküntü, miyalji, bulantı, baş ağrısı, ishal, hepatomegali, splenomegali ve iştah kaybıdır. Akdeniz havzasında sık görülmesinde sıcak iklimin etkisi büyüktür. Hastalığın özgül bulguları olmaması nedeniyle gerçek insidansı net değildir. Tanı ve tedavinin gecikmesi morbidite ve mortalitenin artışına yol açtığından klinik şüphe ve hikaye ile tanı koyulmalı ve tedavi başlanmalıdır. Tanıda altın standart immunfloresan antikor tayinidir. Diğer testlerin olmadığı durumlarda Weil-Felix testi kullanılabilir. Burada onbir yaşında riketsiyal hastalık tanısı alan bir olgu sunulmaktadır.

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TÖRÜN, S. H., BALCI, M. C., ÇALIŞKAN, B., SOMER, A., AKTÜRK, H., SALMAN, N., GÜRLER, N. (2011). An Eleven-Year Old Patient with Rikettsial Disease: Case Report. Çocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi, Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 4, 141–143. https://ajindex.com/articles/214724

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