Fatal Human Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico

The first fatal Rickettsia rickettsii infection was diagnosed in the southwest of Mexico. The patient had fever, erythematous rash, abdominal pain, and severe central nervous system involvement with convulsive crisis. The diagnosis of R. rickettsii infection was established by immunohistochemistry a...

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Autores principales: Zavala-Castro, Jorge E., Zavala-Velázquez, Jorge E., Walker, David H., Arcila, Edgar E. Ruiz, Laviada-Molina, Hugo, Olano, Juan P., Ruiz-Sosa, José A., Small, Melissa A., Dzul-Rosado, Karla R.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16704818
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1204.051282
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author Zavala-Castro, Jorge E.
Zavala-Velázquez, Jorge E.
Walker, David H.
Arcila, Edgar E. Ruiz
Laviada-Molina, Hugo
Olano, Juan P.
Ruiz-Sosa, José A.
Small, Melissa A.
Dzul-Rosado, Karla R.
author_facet Zavala-Castro, Jorge E.
Zavala-Velázquez, Jorge E.
Walker, David H.
Arcila, Edgar E. Ruiz
Laviada-Molina, Hugo
Olano, Juan P.
Ruiz-Sosa, José A.
Small, Melissa A.
Dzul-Rosado, Karla R.
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description The first fatal Rickettsia rickettsii infection was diagnosed in the southwest of Mexico. The patient had fever, erythematous rash, abdominal pain, and severe central nervous system involvement with convulsive crisis. The diagnosis of R. rickettsii infection was established by immunohistochemistry and specific polymerase chain reaction.
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spelling pubmed-32947032012-03-06 Fatal Human Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico Zavala-Castro, Jorge E. Zavala-Velázquez, Jorge E. Walker, David H. Arcila, Edgar E. Ruiz Laviada-Molina, Hugo Olano, Juan P. Ruiz-Sosa, José A. Small, Melissa A. Dzul-Rosado, Karla R. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch The first fatal Rickettsia rickettsii infection was diagnosed in the southwest of Mexico. The patient had fever, erythematous rash, abdominal pain, and severe central nervous system involvement with convulsive crisis. The diagnosis of R. rickettsii infection was established by immunohistochemistry and specific polymerase chain reaction. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3294703/ /pubmed/16704818 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1204.051282 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
Zavala-Castro, Jorge E.
Zavala-Velázquez, Jorge E.
Walker, David H.
Arcila, Edgar E. Ruiz
Laviada-Molina, Hugo
Olano, Juan P.
Ruiz-Sosa, José A.
Small, Melissa A.
Dzul-Rosado, Karla R.
Fatal Human Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico
title Fatal Human Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico
title_full Fatal Human Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico
title_fullStr Fatal Human Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Fatal Human Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico
title_short Fatal Human Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico
title_sort fatal human infection with rickettsia rickettsii, yucatán, mexico
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16704818
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1204.051282
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