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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Synonyms and keywords: Tick-borne relapsing fever, louse-borne relapsing fever

Differentiating Relapsing fever from other Diseases

Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

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History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

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Infectious diseases · Bacterial diseases: G- (primarily A00-A79, 001-041,080-109)

Spirochaete

Treponema	Treponema pallidum (Syphilis/Bejel, Yaws) · Treponema carateum (Pinta)
Borrelia	Borrelia recurrentis (Relapsing fever) · Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease, Erythema chronicum migrans, Neuroborreliosis)
Spirillum	Spirillum minus (Rat-bite fever/Sodoku)
Leptospira	Leptospira interrogans (Leptospirosis)
Multiple	Noma · Trench mouth

Proteobacteria

Rickettsiales

Rickettsiaceae/
(Rickettsioses)

Typhus

Rickettsia typhi (Murine typhus) · Rickettsia prowazekii (Epidemic typhus)

Spotted fever

Tick-borne disease	Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) · Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever)
Other	Rickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) · Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)

Anaplasmataceae

Ehrlichia/Anaplasma: Ehrlichiosis (Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, Human monocytic ehrlichiosis)

Rhizobiales

Brucellaceae	Brucella (Brucellosis)
Bartonellaceae	Bartonellosis: Bartonella henselae (Cat scratch fever) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either henselae or quintana (Bacillary angiomatosis)

Neisseriales	M+ Neisseria meningitidis/meningococcus (Meningococcal disease, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome) M- Neisseria gonorrhoeae/gonococcus (Gonorrhea) · Moraxella catarrhalis
Burkholderiales	Burkholderia (Glanders, Melioidosis) · Bordetella (Pertussis)

Enterobacteriales
(OX-)

Lac+	Klebsiella (Rhinoscleroma, Donovanosis) · Escherichia coli/O157:H7 · Enterobacter
Slow/weak	Serratia marcescens (Serratia infection) · Citrobacter
Lac-	Yersinia pestis (Plague/Bubonic plague) · Yersinia enterocolitica Salmonella enterica (Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever, Salmonellosis) · Shigella dysenteriae/sonnei/flexneri (Shigellosis, Bacillary dysentery) · Proteus

Pasteurellales

Haemophilus: influenzae (Brazilian purpuric fever) · ducreyi (Chancroid)
Pasteurella multocida (Pasteurellosis) · Actinobacillus (Actinobacillosis)

Legionellales

Legionella (Legionellosis) · Coxiella (Q fever)

Other

Thiotrichales/Francisella (Tularemia) · Vibrionales/Vibrio (Cholera) · Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pseudomonas infection)

Campylobacterales	Campylobacter jejuni (Campylobacteriosis) · Helicobacter pylori (Peptic ulcer)

Chlamydiae

Chlamydophila (Psittacosis) · Chlamydia (Chlamydia, Lymphogranuloma venereum, Trachoma)

Bacteroidetes

Bacteroides fragilis

Primarily rods except Neisseriaceae and Spirochaete. Primarily OX+ except Enterobacteriaceae. Primarily extracellular except Rickettsiales/Chlamydia/Treponema (obligate) and Brucella/Listeria/Legionella (facultative). Primarily aerobic or facultative anaerobic except Bacteroides.