Diagnosis and Management of Borrelia turicatae Infection in Febrile Soldier, Texas, USA

In August 2015, a soldier returned from field exercises in Texas, USA, with nonspecific febrile illness. Culture and sequencing of spirochetes from peripheral blood diagnosed Borrelia turicatae infection. The patient recovered after receiving doxycycline. No illness occurred in asymptomatic soldiers...

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Autores principales: Christensen, Anna M., Pietralczyk, Elizabeth, Lopez, Job E., Brooks, Christopher, Schriefer, Martin E., Wozniak, Edward, Stermole, Benjamin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28418310
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.162069
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author Christensen, Anna M.
Pietralczyk, Elizabeth
Lopez, Job E.
Brooks, Christopher
Schriefer, Martin E.
Wozniak, Edward
Stermole, Benjamin
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description In August 2015, a soldier returned from field exercises in Texas, USA, with nonspecific febrile illness. Culture and sequencing of spirochetes from peripheral blood diagnosed Borrelia turicatae infection. The patient recovered after receiving doxycycline. No illness occurred in asymptomatic soldiers potentially exposed to the vector tick and prophylactically given treatment.
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spelling pubmed-54030402017-05-12 Diagnosis and Management of Borrelia turicatae Infection in Febrile Soldier, Texas, USA Christensen, Anna M. Pietralczyk, Elizabeth Lopez, Job E. Brooks, Christopher Schriefer, Martin E. Wozniak, Edward Stermole, Benjamin Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter In August 2015, a soldier returned from field exercises in Texas, USA, with nonspecific febrile illness. Culture and sequencing of spirochetes from peripheral blood diagnosed Borrelia turicatae infection. The patient recovered after receiving doxycycline. No illness occurred in asymptomatic soldiers potentially exposed to the vector tick and prophylactically given treatment. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5403040/ /pubmed/28418310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.162069 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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Christensen, Anna M.
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Diagnosis and Management of Borrelia turicatae Infection in Febrile Soldier, Texas, USA
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title_full Diagnosis and Management of Borrelia turicatae Infection in Febrile Soldier, Texas, USA
title_fullStr Diagnosis and Management of Borrelia turicatae Infection in Febrile Soldier, Texas, USA
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title_short Diagnosis and Management of Borrelia turicatae Infection in Febrile Soldier, Texas, USA
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