Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis Infection, Israel

Underdiagnosis of fatal spotted fever may be attributed to nonspecific clinical features and insensitive acute-phase serologic studies. We describe the importance of molecular and immunohistochemical methods in establishing the postmortem diagnosis of locally acquired Israeli spotted fever due to Ri...

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Autores principales: Weinberger, Miriam, Keysary, Avi, Sandbank, Judith, Zaidenstein, Ronit, Itzhaki, Avi, Strenger, Carmela, Leitner, Moshe, Paddock, Christopher D., Eremeeva, Marina E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18439372
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.071278
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Sumario:Underdiagnosis of fatal spotted fever may be attributed to nonspecific clinical features and insensitive acute-phase serologic studies. We describe the importance of molecular and immunohistochemical methods in establishing the postmortem diagnosis of locally acquired Israeli spotted fever due to Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis in a traveler returning to Israel from India.

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