Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs

We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wang, Jin-Mei, Hudson, Bernard J., Watts, Matthew R., Karagiannis, Tom, Fisher, Noel J., Anderson, Catherine, Roffey, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19523304
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.080855
Descripción
Sumario:We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive.

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