Table 1 Reported cases of murine typhus related abducens nerve palsy
From: Abducens nerve palsy with associated retinal involvement secondary to rickettsia typhi infection
Author | Country | Age (years) | Gender | Fever | Headache | Skin rash | Duration of symptoms before onset of ocular nerve palsy | Abducens nerve palsy laterality | Associated complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Simon NG, et al. [5] | Australia | 20 | Male | + | + | – | 10 | Bilateral | Seizure, Meningoencephalitis |
Masalha R, et al. [6] | Israel | 22 | Female | + | + | – | 14 | Right | Mild subacute meningoencephalitis |
Hsu CH, et al. [8] | Indonesia | 31 | Male | + | + | – | 2 | Right | Liver dysfunction |
Moy WL, et al. [7] | Singapore | 39 | Male | + | – | – | 9 | Right | Liver dysfunction, Mild meningitis |
Moy WL, et al. [7] | Indonesia | 27 | Female | + | + | – | 4 | Bilateral | Meningoencephalitis and ventilator associated pneumonia |
Lin Ting-Yang, et al. [9] | Taiwan | 39 | Female | + | + | + | 9 | Left | Liver dysfunction |
Present case | Tunisia | 18 | Female | + | + | – | 10 | Left | Liver dysfunction |