Author/Editor		Dželalija, Boris; Petrovec, Miro; Gašparov, Slavko; Avšič-Županc, Tatjana
Title		The first fatal case of Mediterranean spotted fever in Croatia
Type		članek
Source		Acta Med Croatica
Vol. and No.		Letnik 54, št. 4-5
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 195-7
Language		eng
Abstract		The first lethal case of Mediterranean spotted fever in Croatia is described. A previously healthy, 58-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with high fever and rash. Several days later, severe anemia, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia developed, and the patient died about eight weeks after the onset of disease. Bone marrow biopsy showed hypercellularity of the cortical and trabecular bone structures with morphologically cells of all three hematopoietic lineages that were reduced due to regular nodular infiltrates. Serologic findings indicated that Rickettsia conorii infection was the etiologic cause of the patients death.
Descriptors		BOUTONNEUSE FEVER RICKETTSIA MIDDLE AGE