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.

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Autores principales: Wang, Jin-Mei, Hudson, Bernard J., Watts, Matthew R., Karagiannis, Tom, Fisher, Noel J., Anderson, Catherine, Roffey, Paul
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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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
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author Wang, Jin-Mei
Hudson, Bernard J.
Watts, Matthew R.
Karagiannis, Tom
Fisher, Noel J.
Anderson, Catherine
Roffey, Paul
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spelling pubmed-27273112009-08-25 Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs Wang, Jin-Mei Hudson, Bernard J. Watts, Matthew R. Karagiannis, Tom Fisher, Noel J. Anderson, Catherine Roffey, Paul Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2727311/ /pubmed/19523304 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1506.080855 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.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Wang, Jin-Mei
Hudson, Bernard J.
Watts, Matthew R.
Karagiannis, Tom
Fisher, Noel J.
Anderson, Catherine
Roffey, Paul
Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs
title Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs
title_full Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs
title_fullStr Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs
title_short Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs
title_sort diagnosis of queensland tick typhus and african tick bite fever by pcr of lesion swabs
topic Dispatch
url 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
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