[Murine typhus in Tenerife. Clinicoepidemiological study and differential clinical features with Q fever].

Background And Objective: Our aim was to conduct a study to define the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with murine typhus in Tenerife island (Canary islands, Spain). Moreover, we investigated the differential clinical features of this disease with regard to Q fever.

Patients And Method: 5-year prospective study of patients with murine typhus (1998-2002) admited in a reference hospital in Tenerife, Spain.