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Rickettsial pneumonia

MedGen UID:
45973
•Concept ID:
C0032307
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Pneumonia, Rickettsial; Pneumonias, Rickettsial; Rickettsial Pneumonia; Rickettsial Pneumonias
SNOMED CT: Rickettsial pneumonia (233621003); Pneumorickettsiosis (233621003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005947

Definition

Pneumonia caused by infection with bacteria of the family rickettsiaceae. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRickettsial pneumonia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

THE MANAGEMENT OF PNEUMONIA.
TAYLOR AB
Practitioner 1964 Dec;193:727-34. PMID: 14244377

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Japanese spotted fever and rickettsial pneumonia.
Matsuura H
QJM 2021 Jul 28;114(4):261-262. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa331. PMID: 33346839
Rickettsial infections and their clinical presentations in the Western Province of Sri Lanka: a hospital-based study.
Premaratna R, Loftis AD, Chandrasena TG, Dasch GA, de Silva HJ
Int J Infect Dis 2008 Mar;12(2):198-202. Epub 2007 Sep 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.06.009. PMID: 17900956
Pneumonia and carcinoma of the lung.
Marrie TJ
J Infect 1994 Jul;29(1):45-52. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(94)95060-1. PMID: 7963634
The radiological appearances of 'Q' fever pneumonia.
Pickworth FE, el-Soussi M, Wells IP, McGavin CR, Reilly S
Clin Radiol 1991 Sep;44(3):150-3. doi: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)80857-8. PMID: 1914387
Q fever in Northern Ireland.
Connolly JH
Br Med J 1968 Mar 2;1(5591):547-52. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5591.547. PMID: 5644160Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Japanese spotted fever and rickettsial pneumonia.
Matsuura H
QJM 2021 Jul 28;114(4):261-262. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa331. PMID: 33346839
Atypical pneumonias. Clinical and extrapulmonary features of Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, and Legionella infections.
Johnson DH, Cunha BA
Postgrad Med 1993 May 15;93(7):69-72, 75-6, 79-82. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1993.11701702. PMID: 8493198
Scrub typhus pneumonia.
Lancet 1988 Nov 5;2(8619):1062. PMID: 2903287
Mycoplasmal, viral, and rickettsial pneumonias.
Janower ML, Weiss EB
Semin Roentgenol 1980 Jan;15(1):25-34. doi: 10.1016/0037-198x(80)90037-1. PMID: 6986659
Pneumonia in Indian and Eskimo infants and children. I. A clinical study.
Herbert FA, Mahon WA, Wilkinson D, Morgante O, Burchak EC, Costopoulos LB
Can Med Assoc J 1967 Feb 4;96(5):257-65. PMID: 6018052Free PMC Article

Therapy

Scrub typhus pneumonitis.
Premaratna R, Ariyaratna N, Botheju WI, Bandara NK, de Silva HJ
Int J Infect Dis 2013 Apr;17(4):e284. Epub 2012 Dec 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.11.014. PMID: 23253908
Q fever in the Greek Island of Crete: epidemiologic, clinical, and therapeutic data from 98 cases.
Tselentis Y, Gikas A, Kofteridis D, Kyriakakis E, Lydataki N, Bouros D, Tsaparas N
Clin Infect Dis 1995 May;20(5):1311-6. doi: 10.1093/clinids/20.5.1311. PMID: 7620016
Atypical pneumonias. Clinical and extrapulmonary features of Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, and Legionella infections.
Johnson DH, Cunha BA
Postgrad Med 1993 May 15;93(7):69-72, 75-6, 79-82. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1993.11701702. PMID: 8493198
Rapidly fatal Q-fever pneumonia in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease.
Meis JF, Weemaes CR, Horrevorts AM, Aerdts SJ, Westenend PJ, Galama JM
Infection 1992 Sep-Oct;20(5):287-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01710798. PMID: 1428185
Immunization against respiratory virus infections.
Hobson D
Mod Trends Immunol 1967;2:53-85. PMID: 4298139

Prognosis

Clinical and epidemiological features of hospitalized acute Q fever cases from Split-Dalmatia County (Croatia), 1985-2002.
Luksić B, Punda-Polić V, Ivić I, Bradarić I, Bradarić N
Med Sci Monit 2006 Mar;12(3):CR126-31. Epub 2006 Feb 23 PMID: 16501424
Epidemiologic features and clinical presentation of acute Q fever in hospitalized patients: 323 French cases.
Tissot Dupont H, Raoult D, Brouqui P, Janbon F, Peyramond D, Weiller PJ, Chicheportiche C, Nezri M, Poirier R
Am J Med 1992 Oct;93(4):427-34. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(92)90173-9. PMID: 1415306

Clinical prediction guides

Clinical and epidemiological features of hospitalized acute Q fever cases from Split-Dalmatia County (Croatia), 1985-2002.
Luksić B, Punda-Polić V, Ivić I, Bradarić I, Bradarić N
Med Sci Monit 2006 Mar;12(3):CR126-31. Epub 2006 Feb 23 PMID: 16501424
Q fever in the Greek Island of Crete: epidemiologic, clinical, and therapeutic data from 98 cases.
Tselentis Y, Gikas A, Kofteridis D, Kyriakakis E, Lydataki N, Bouros D, Tsaparas N
Clin Infect Dis 1995 May;20(5):1311-6. doi: 10.1093/clinids/20.5.1311. PMID: 7620016
Epidemiologic features and clinical presentation of acute Q fever in hospitalized patients: 323 French cases.
Tissot Dupont H, Raoult D, Brouqui P, Janbon F, Peyramond D, Weiller PJ, Chicheportiche C, Nezri M, Poirier R
Am J Med 1992 Oct;93(4):427-34. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(92)90173-9. PMID: 1415306
The radiographic features of epidemic and sporadic Q fever pneumonia.
Gordon JD, MacKeen AD, Marrie TJ, Fraser DB
J Can Assoc Radiol 1984 Sep;35(3):293-6. PMID: 6501384

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