Fatal Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Kenya

We report a fatal case of rickettsiosis in a woman from the United States living in Kenya, who had a history of tick exposure. Immunohistochemical staining of skin, kidney, and liver demonstrated spotted fever group rickettsiae. The clinical findings, severity, and fatal outcome are most consistent...

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Autores principales: Rutherford, Jeremiah S., Macaluso, Kevin, Smith, Nathaniel, Zaki, Sherif R., Paddock, Christopher D., Davis, Jon, Peterso, Norman, Azad, Abdu F., Rosenberg, Ronald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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/PMC3323220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15200829
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1005.030537
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author Rutherford, Jeremiah S.
Macaluso, Kevin
Smith, Nathaniel
Zaki, Sherif R.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Davis, Jon
Peterso, Norman
Azad, Abdu F.
Rosenberg, Ronald
author_facet Rutherford, Jeremiah S.
Macaluso, Kevin
Smith, Nathaniel
Zaki, Sherif R.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Davis, Jon
Peterso, Norman
Azad, Abdu F.
Rosenberg, Ronald
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description We report a fatal case of rickettsiosis in a woman from the United States living in Kenya, who had a history of tick exposure. Immunohistochemical staining of skin, kidney, and liver demonstrated spotted fever group rickettsiae. The clinical findings, severity, and fatal outcome are most consistent with Rickettsia conorii infection.
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spelling pubmed-33232202012-04-17 Fatal Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Kenya Rutherford, Jeremiah S. Macaluso, Kevin Smith, Nathaniel Zaki, Sherif R. Paddock, Christopher D. Davis, Jon Peterso, Norman Azad, Abdu F. Rosenberg, Ronald Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a fatal case of rickettsiosis in a woman from the United States living in Kenya, who had a history of tick exposure. Immunohistochemical staining of skin, kidney, and liver demonstrated spotted fever group rickettsiae. The clinical findings, severity, and fatal outcome are most consistent with Rickettsia conorii infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3323220/ /pubmed/15200829 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1005.030537 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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Rosenberg, Ronald
Fatal Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Kenya
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