elevated troponin and jarisch-herxheimer reaction in tick-borne relapsing fever: a case report
;Kenneth A. Hoekstra;Michael T. Kelly
international journal for parasitology2011Vol. 2011pp. -
93
hoekstra2011caseelevated
Abstract
We describe a patient with fever and borreliosis in the Northwestern Washington State, USA. The patient exhibited a classic Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction of tachycardia, hypotension, and thrombocytopenia following antimicrobial therapy, and she also developed an elevated serum cardiac troponin during therapy.