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Elevated Troponin and Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction in Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever: A Case Report

  • Hoekstra K
  • Kelly M
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (2011) 2011 1-3
DOI: 10.1155/2011/950314
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Abstract

We describe a patient with fever and borreliosis in the Northwestern Washington State, USA. The patient exhibited a classic Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction of tachycardia, hypotension, and thrombocytopenia following antimicrobial therapy, and she also developed an elevated serum cardiac troponin during therapy.

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Hoekstra, K. A., & Kelly, M. T. (2011). Elevated Troponin and Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction in Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever: A Case Report. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2011, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/950314

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