Table 1.

Reported complications of flea-borne typhus.

Complications a
Neurologic: aseptic meningitis, hemiparesis, cerebellitis, facial nerve palsies, seizures, ataxia, altered mental status, transient hearing loss, abducens nerve palsy, neurocognitive deficits, cerebral infarction, encephalopathy, intracranial hemorrhage, brain abscess
Ocular: oculoglandular syndrome, retinitis, optic neuritis, uveitis, subconjunctival hemorrhage
Pulmonary: pneumonia, pulmonary edema, adult respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary embolism
Cardiac: endocarditis, pericarditis, myocarditis, coronary arteritis
Gastrointestinal: hepatitis, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, acalculous cholecystitis, pancreatitis
Hematologic: hemophagocytic syndrome, hemolysis, bone marrow granulomatosis, splenic infarction, splenic rupture, coagulopathy, venous thrombosis
Renal: renal failure
Other: parotitis, myositis, suppurative arthritis, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, septic shock, multi-organ failure, death

^a Anstead et al., manuscript in preparation.