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.
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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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author Weinberger, Miriam
Keysary, Avi
Sandbank, Judith
Zaidenstein, Ronit
Itzhaki, Avi
Strenger, Carmela
Leitner, Moshe
Paddock, Christopher D.
Eremeeva, Marina E.
author_facet Weinberger, Miriam
Keysary, Avi
Sandbank, Judith
Zaidenstein, Ronit
Itzhaki, Avi
Strenger, Carmela
Leitner, Moshe
Paddock, Christopher D.
Eremeeva, Marina E.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-26002402009-01-13 Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis Infection, Israel Weinberger, Miriam Keysary, Avi Sandbank, Judith Zaidenstein, Ronit Itzhaki, Avi Strenger, Carmela Leitner, Moshe Paddock, Christopher D. Eremeeva, Marina E. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2600240/ /pubmed/18439372 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1405.071278 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Weinberger, Miriam
Keysary, Avi
Sandbank, Judith
Zaidenstein, Ronit
Itzhaki, Avi
Strenger, Carmela
Leitner, Moshe
Paddock, Christopher D.
Eremeeva, Marina E.
Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis Infection, Israel
title Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis Infection, Israel
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title_fullStr Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis Infection, Israel
title_full_unstemmed Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis Infection, Israel
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