Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa

We report the first laboratory-confirmed case of Rickettsia mongolotimonae infection in Africa. The patient sought treatment for an eschar on his toe; lymphangitis, severe headaches, and fever subsequently developed. After a regimen of doxycycline, symptoms rapidly resolved. R. mongolotimonae infect...

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Autores principales: Pretorius, Anne-Marié, Birtles, Richard J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3031104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15078607
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1001.020662
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Birtles, Richard J.
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description We report the first laboratory-confirmed case of Rickettsia mongolotimonae infection in Africa. The patient sought treatment for an eschar on his toe; lymphangitis, severe headaches, and fever subsequently developed. After a regimen of doxycycline, symptoms rapidly resolved. R. mongolotimonae infection was diagnosed retrospectively by serologic tests and molecular-based detection of the organism in biopsy specimens of eschar material.
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spelling pubmed-30311042011-02-04 Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa Pretorius, Anne-Marié Birtles, Richard J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report the first laboratory-confirmed case of Rickettsia mongolotimonae infection in Africa. The patient sought treatment for an eschar on his toe; lymphangitis, severe headaches, and fever subsequently developed. After a regimen of doxycycline, symptoms rapidly resolved. R. mongolotimonae infection was diagnosed retrospectively by serologic tests and molecular-based detection of the organism in biopsy specimens of eschar material. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3031104/ /pubmed/15078607 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1001.020662 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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Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa
title Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa
title_full Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa
title_fullStr Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa
title_short Rickettsia mongolotimonae Infection in South Africa
title_sort rickettsia mongolotimonae infection in south africa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3031104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15078607
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