Acute Myopericarditis Associated with Tickborne Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae

Abstract

We report an unusual case of myopericarditis caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae. Because of increasing reports of Rickettsia spp. as etiologic agents of acute myopericarditis and the ease and success with which it was treated in the patient reported here, rickettsial infection should be included in the differential diagnosis for myopericarditis.

Keywords

• Rickettsia
• ticks
• tickborne diseases
• bacteria
• myocarditis
• vector-borne infections