Rickettsia mongolitimonae Encephalitis, Southern France, 2018

Abstract

We report a case of Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection, an emerging tickborne rickettsiosis, with associated encephalitis in a 66-year-old man. Diagnosis was rapidly confirmed by quantitative PCR obtained from an eschar swab sample. The patient was successfully treated with oral doxycycline.

Keywords

• Rickettsia mongolitimonae
• encephalitis
• tickborne rickettsioses
• vector-borne infections
• ticks
• bacteria