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murine typhus, epidemic typhus, endemic typhus, brill-zinsser disease, jail fever, typhus, infectious disease which is transmitted by lice, fleas, characterized by high fever, a transient rash, fairly severe illness, typhus, rickettsial disease, one of two organisms, rickettsia prowazekii, epidemic typhus, brill disease, rickettsia typhi, murine, endemic typhus, epidemic typhus, brill disease, uncommon, murine typhus occurs, in the southeastern, southern states, less than 100 cases per year, murine typhus, milder form, seldom fatal, less than 2%, in the summer, fall, lasts two to three weeks, risk factors, murine typhus include exposure to rat fleas, rat feces, exposure to other animals, cats, opossums, raccoons, skunks, rats, epidemic typhus occurs in poor hygienic conditions, is why it is sometimes, "jail fever", temperature is cold, spread by lice, has sometimes been spread by the lice, fleas of flying squirrels, brill-zinsser disease, mild form of epidemic typhus, reactivation, in the body of someone who has been previously infected after a long period of dormancy, more common, in the elderly, symptoms of murine typhus, headache, backache, arthralgia, fever, extremely high, 105 to 106 degrees fahrenheit, last up to two weeks, rash that begins on the trunk, spreads peripherally, rash is made up of dull-red macules, become slightly papular, initial appearance, last only a few hours, nausea, vomiting in most patients, hacking, dry cough, abdominal pain, symptoms of epidemic typhus, severe headache, fever, 104 degrees fahrenheit, cough in 70% of patients, arthralgia, myalgia, muscle pain, severe, chills, falling blood pressure, stupor, delirium, rash that begins on chest, spreads to rest of trunk, extremities, not to palms, soles, early rash is faint, rose colored, fades, pressure, later the lesions, become dull, red, not fade, severe typhus, develop petechiae, lights appear very bright, exposure to light, hurt the eyes, cbc, anemia, low platelets, low serum sodium, low albumin levels, in the blood, mildly increased liver enzymes, mild renal failure, antibody tests to typhus, elevated, goal of treatment, eliminate the infection, to treat the symptoms, antibiotics, tetracycline, doxycycline, chloramphenicol, epidemic typhus, intravenous fluids, oxygen necessary to help stabilize the patient, oral tetracycline, children, after all the permanent teeth have erupted, permanently discolor teeth, still forming, treatment death, occur in 10 to 60% of patients, epidemic typhus, patients over the age of 60 have the highest risk of death, timely antibiotic therapy, person is expected to recover completely, less than 2% of untreated patients, murine typhus, die, appropriate antibiotic therapy, cure virtually all patients, renal insufficiency, pneumonia, central nervous system damage, symptoms of any type of typhus develop, serious disorder, require emergency care, avoid areas where rat fleas, lice might be encountered, good sanitation, public health measures reduce the rat population.