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Case Reports
. 1997 Jun;88(6):261-4.

Unusual case of pulmonary rickettsiosis in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

C Pugliese  1 , P C Parigi, M Bamberga, V Perani, F Moioli, G Delvecchio, N Lorenzi, M Cottini, G Michetti
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  • PMID: 9250284
Case Reports

Unusual case of pulmonary rickettsiosis in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

C Pugliese et al. Minerva Med. 1997 Jun.

Abstract

A case report of boutonneuse fever with pulmonary complications in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is described. The patient was hospitalized for persistent hypertermia and marked dyspnea, with radiographic findings of bilateral involvement of the lungs. The confirmation of the diagnosis was obtained by means of serum analyses (Weil-Felix serodiagnosis and IFA); the patient responded to doxycycline with progressive improvement of her general health condition. In this case the occurrence of a NHL could justify the lower reactivity and the facilitated diffusion of rickettsiosis in the patient.

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