Wilderness & environmental medicine
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Wilderness Environ Med · Jan 2008
Review Case ReportsTick talk: unusually severe case of tick-borne relapsing fever with acute respiratory distress syndrome--case report and review of the literature.
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.