Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015

We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September–October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should...

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Autores principales: Lu, Qunying, Yu, Jianping, Yu, Liqun, Zhang, Yanjun, Chen, Yitao, Lin, Meiai, Fang, Xiaofei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6200003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334710
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.170044
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Sumario:We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September–October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should be considered for febrile patients in China.

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