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TRP 1.04 Bacterial: Rickettsiosis (Rickettsia spp)

Content version
U-42.2
Updated
10/20/2025 - 14:32

Recommendations

≥ 18 years

Contraindications: Pregnancy
Dosage Remarks
doxycycline oral 100 mg twice daily for 7 days

First choice
≥ 18 years
Dosage Remarks
ciprofloxacin oral 500 mg twice daily for 7 days

Second choice

Comments

R. typhi (mooseri) (endemic typhus, flea-borne),

Orientia tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus),

R. prowazekii (epidemic typhus, louse-borne),

R. rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever),

R. conorii (fièvre boutonneuse; tick-borne fever),

R. akari (rickettsial pox),

R. africae (African tick-bite fever)