Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A Case Report

We report a case of rickettsialpox from North Carolina confirmed by serologic testing. To our knowledge, this case is the first to be reported from this region of the United States. Including rickettsialpox in the evaluation of patients with eschars or vesicular rashes is likely to extend the recogn...

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Autores principales: Krusell, Allan, Comer, James A., Sexton, Daniel J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12095443
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0807.010501
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author Krusell, Allan
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description We report a case of rickettsialpox from North Carolina confirmed by serologic testing. To our knowledge, this case is the first to be reported from this region of the United States. Including rickettsialpox in the evaluation of patients with eschars or vesicular rashes is likely to extend the recognized geographic distribution of Rickettsia akari, the etiologic agent of this disease.
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spelling pubmed-27303332009-09-16 Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A Case Report Krusell, Allan Comer, James A. Sexton, Daniel J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a case of rickettsialpox from North Carolina confirmed by serologic testing. To our knowledge, this case is the first to be reported from this region of the United States. Including rickettsialpox in the evaluation of patients with eschars or vesicular rashes is likely to extend the recognized geographic distribution of Rickettsia akari, the etiologic agent of this disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-07 /pmc/articles/PMC2730333/ /pubmed/12095443 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0807.010501 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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Krusell, Allan
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Sexton, Daniel J.
Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A Case Report
title Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A Case Report
title_full Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A Case Report
title_fullStr Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A Case Report
title_short Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: A Case Report
title_sort rickettsialpox in north carolina: a case report
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12095443
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0807.010501
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