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Brill-Zinsser disease: report of a case in Canada. 1974

J Portnoy, and J Mendelson, and B Clecner

This report documents the occurrence of Brill-Zinsser disease in a 48-year-old woman who experienced typhus fever in a German concentration camp. This is the first report of a case of recrudescent typhus in a European immigrating to Canada following World War II. The last reported case of Brill-Zinsser disease in Canada occurred in 1953.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007585 Jews An ethnic group with historical ties to the land of ISRAEL and the religion of JUDAISM. Jew
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D002170 Canada The largest country in North America, comprising 10 provinces and three territories. Its capital is Ottawa.
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012480 Salmonella Infections Infections with bacteria of the genus SALMONELLA. Salmonellosis,Infections, Salmonella,Infection, Salmonella,Salmonella Infection,Salmonelloses
D013577 Syndrome A characteristic symptom complex. Symptom Cluster,Cluster, Symptom,Clusters, Symptom,Symptom Clusters,Syndromes
D013752 Tetracycline A naphthacene antibiotic that inhibits AMINO ACYL TRNA binding during protein synthesis. 4-Epitetracycline,Achromycin,Achromycin V,Hostacyclin,Sustamycin,Tetrabid,Tetracycline Hydrochloride,Tetracycline Monohydrochloride,Topicycline,4 Epitetracycline

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