Fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from Northeastern Brazil

Spotted fevers are diseases caused by bacterial agents belonging to the spotted-fever (SF) group of the genus Rickettsia. The first documented case of SF in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil, was reported here. Also, it is the first case described of fatal SF in Northeast region of Brazil. The pati...

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Autores principales: de Oliveira, Stefan Vilges, Costa, Raylene Medeiros Ferreira, Ferreira, Geane, Pereira, Simone Valéria Costa, Amorim, Marinete, Monteiro, Maria Fernanda Melo, Alves, Leucio Câmara, Gazeta, Gilberto Salles
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Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2018
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5975566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29846472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201860021
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author de Oliveira, Stefan Vilges
Costa, Raylene Medeiros Ferreira
Ferreira, Geane
Pereira, Simone Valéria Costa
Amorim, Marinete
Monteiro, Maria Fernanda Melo
Alves, Leucio Câmara
Gazeta, Gilberto Salles
author_facet de Oliveira, Stefan Vilges
Costa, Raylene Medeiros Ferreira
Ferreira, Geane
Pereira, Simone Valéria Costa
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Monteiro, Maria Fernanda Melo
Alves, Leucio Câmara
Gazeta, Gilberto Salles
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description Spotted fevers are diseases caused by bacterial agents belonging to the spotted-fever (SF) group of the genus Rickettsia. The first documented case of SF in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil, was reported here. Also, it is the first case described of fatal SF in Northeast region of Brazil. The patient was a resident of Arcoverde municipality and the probable site of infection lies in Sertania municipality, both in Pernambuco State, a semi-arid region of Brazil. The patient had not visited other areas where SF is endemic. The patient showed clinical manifestations and epidemiological exposure compatible with SF, and the infection was confirmed by molecular biology techniques.
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spelling pubmed-59755662018-06-05 Fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from Northeastern Brazil de Oliveira, Stefan Vilges Costa, Raylene Medeiros Ferreira Ferreira, Geane Pereira, Simone Valéria Costa Amorim, Marinete Monteiro, Maria Fernanda Melo Alves, Leucio Câmara Gazeta, Gilberto Salles Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Brief Communication Spotted fevers are diseases caused by bacterial agents belonging to the spotted-fever (SF) group of the genus Rickettsia. The first documented case of SF in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil, was reported here. Also, it is the first case described of fatal SF in Northeast region of Brazil. The patient was a resident of Arcoverde municipality and the probable site of infection lies in Sertania municipality, both in Pernambuco State, a semi-arid region of Brazil. The patient had not visited other areas where SF is endemic. The patient showed clinical manifestations and epidemiological exposure compatible with SF, and the infection was confirmed by molecular biology techniques. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2018-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5975566/ /pubmed/29846472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201860021 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Costa, Raylene Medeiros Ferreira
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Monteiro, Maria Fernanda Melo
Alves, Leucio Câmara
Gazeta, Gilberto Salles
Fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from Northeastern Brazil
title Fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from Northeastern Brazil
title_full Fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from Northeastern Brazil
title_fullStr Fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from Northeastern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from Northeastern Brazil
title_short Fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from Northeastern Brazil
title_sort fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from northeastern brazil
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5975566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29846472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201860021
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