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trench fever: see rickettsia rickettsia (rĭkĕt`sēə) ..... Click the link for more information. . trench fever [′trench ‚fē·vər] (medicine) A louse-borne infection that is caused byRickettsia quintanaand is characterized by headache, chills, rash, pain in the legs and back, and often by a relapsing fever. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The clinical presentations differ, however; in addition to cat-scratch disease, B henselae has been associated with peliosis hepatis, and febrile bacteremia syndrome, whereas B quintana has been associated with trench fever in both HIV-positive and -negative patients. Bartonella vinsonii is a strain in the same family as cat scratch fever, a disease contracted by the scratch of a cat, and trench fever, a disease contracted from lice that was prevalent among soldiers in World War I. Researchers have recently implicated Rochalimaea bacteria as the cause of trench fever and cat scratch disease, two other human illnesses. |
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