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Laboratory acquired murine typhus--a case report
A Norazah1, A Mazlah, Y M Cheong
1Bacteriology Division, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur.
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 34-year-old laboratory worker developed murine typhus after an accidental splashing of Rickettsia typhi over her right eye and lips. Indirect immunoperoxidase test showed a four-fold increase in titre to Rickettsia typhi. She responded well to doxycycline.