Tick Talk: Unusually Severe Case of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—Case Report and Review of the Literature

Mary Schaefer Badger

doi:10.1580/07-WEME-CR-140.1

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Mary Schaefer Badger¹

¹From Northside Internal Medicine, Spokane, WA

Abstract

Borrelia hermsii causes tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) in the Pacific Northwest. There are few reports of TBRF-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome. One such unusually severe case is described. Literature is reviewed including diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

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Mary Schaefer Badger "Tick Talk: Unusually Severe Case of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—Case Report and Review of the Literature," Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 19(4), 280-286, (1 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.1580/07-WEME-CR-140.1

Published: 1 December 2008