Mr. X complained of chills and fever following a louse bite. He had rashes all over the body and was delirious at the time of presentation to the hospital and subsequently went into the coma. A provisional diagnosis of vasculitis due to rickettsial infection was made. Which one of the following can be the causative agent?
R. typhi- Endemic typhus- agent is rat flea R. rickettsial- Rocky mountain spotted fever- the agent is tick R. prowazekii- Epidemic typhus- the agent is louse R. akarai- Rickettsialpox- agent is mite Ref : Ananthanarayana textbook of Microbiology 9th edition Pgno : 405
Rickettsia typhi
Rickettsia rickettsiae
Rickettsia prowazekii
Rickettsia akarai
Bacteriology