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    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.

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    María Dolores Corbacho Loarte, Cléa Melenotte, Nadim Cassir, Serge Cammilleri, Philippe Dory-Lautrec, Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola. Rickettsia mongolitimonae Encephalitis, Southern France, 2018. Emerging infectious diseases. 2020 Feb;26(2):362-364

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    PMID: 31961319

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