A75

Clinical Information

• Group of acute, arthropod borne infections caused by rickettsiae; includes epidemic classic or louse-borne) typhus, its recrudescent form, and murine endemic or flea-borne) typhus; all are characterized by severe headache, chills, high fever, stupor, and rash.

Details

• Rickettsiosis due to Neorickettsia sennetsu

• A75.0

  Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii

• A75.1

  Recrudescent typhus [Brill’s disease]

• A75.2

  Typhus fever due to Rickettsia typhi

• A75.3

  Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

• A75.9

  Typhus fever, unspecified