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J Assoc Physicians India
; 61(2): 144-5, 2013 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24471257
RESUMO
Rickettsial fevers are known to have neurological involvement, mostly in the form of meningoencephalitis. Focal neurodeficits, including isolated cranial nerve palsies have been rarely reported. We hereby report a case of a 25 year old man who presented to us with high grade fever caused by rickettsia and left sided partial third cranial nerve palsy. He responded to doxycycline.