Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Panama

We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues. Molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the...

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Autores principales: Estripeaut, Dora, Aramburú, María Gabriela, Sáez-Llorens, Xavier, Thompson, Herbert A., Dasch, Gregory A., Paddock, Christopher D., Zaki, Sherif, Eremeeva, Marina E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18217566
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.070931
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Sumario:We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues. Molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the isolate to strains of R. rickettsii from Central and South America.

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