Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens

The typical clinical presentation of several spotted fever group Rickettsia infections includes eschars. Clinical diagnosis of the condition is usually made by analysis of blood samples. We describe a more sensitive, noninvasive means of obtaining a sample for diagnosis by using an eschar swab speci...

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Autores principales: Myers, Todd, Lalani, Tahaniyat, Dent, Mike, Jiang, Ju, Daly, Patrick L., Maguire, Jason D., Richards, Allen L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23647926
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.120622
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author Myers, Todd
Lalani, Tahaniyat
Dent, Mike
Jiang, Ju
Daly, Patrick L.
Maguire, Jason D.
Richards, Allen L.
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description The typical clinical presentation of several spotted fever group Rickettsia infections includes eschars. Clinical diagnosis of the condition is usually made by analysis of blood samples. We describe a more sensitive, noninvasive means of obtaining a sample for diagnosis by using an eschar swab specimen from patients infected with Rickettsia parkeri.
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spelling pubmed-36474932013-05-14 Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens Myers, Todd Lalani, Tahaniyat Dent, Mike Jiang, Ju Daly, Patrick L. Maguire, Jason D. Richards, Allen L. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch The typical clinical presentation of several spotted fever group Rickettsia infections includes eschars. Clinical diagnosis of the condition is usually made by analysis of blood samples. We describe a more sensitive, noninvasive means of obtaining a sample for diagnosis by using an eschar swab specimen from patients infected with Rickettsia parkeri. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3647493/ /pubmed/23647926 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.120622 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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Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens
title Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens
title_full Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens
title_fullStr Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens
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title_short Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens
title_sort detecting rickettsia parkeri infection from eschar swab specimens
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