A case report of relapsing fever
| Author(s) : | Choudhury Reshmi Tukaram Prabhu Rastogi Vichal Shah Harshada Aher Atul, |
| Publisher : | N/A |
| Publication Date : | 2008 |
| ISSN : | N/A |
| Abstract : | Relapsing fever is an acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The high fevers of presenting patients spontaneously abate and then recur. Here we report a 50-year-old woman having relapsing fever associated with thrombocytopenia. Giemsa staining of peripheral blood smear revealed spiral organisms morphologically resembling Borrelia. A rare case of relapsing fever which was successfully treated with doxycycline is discussed., |