Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan

We report a case of Rickettsia japonica infection in an 81-year-old man in central Japan. The patient had fever, rash, and an eschar but no evidence of a tick bite. His symptoms began 8 days after a land leech bite. The land leech is a potential vector of R. japonica.

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Autores principales: Sando, Eiichiro, Suzuki, Motoi, Katayama, Mitsuya, Taira, Masakatsu, Fujita, Hiromi, Ariyoshi, Koya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107234
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181985
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author Sando, Eiichiro
Suzuki, Motoi
Katayama, Mitsuya
Taira, Masakatsu
Fujita, Hiromi
Ariyoshi, Koya
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description We report a case of Rickettsia japonica infection in an 81-year-old man in central Japan. The patient had fever, rash, and an eschar but no evidence of a tick bite. His symptoms began 8 days after a land leech bite. The land leech is a potential vector of R. japonica.
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spelling pubmed-65377412019-06-05 Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan Sando, Eiichiro Suzuki, Motoi Katayama, Mitsuya Taira, Masakatsu Fujita, Hiromi Ariyoshi, Koya Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a case of Rickettsia japonica infection in an 81-year-old man in central Japan. The patient had fever, rash, and an eschar but no evidence of a tick bite. His symptoms began 8 days after a land leech bite. The land leech is a potential vector of R. japonica. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6537741/ /pubmed/31107234 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181985 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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Sando, Eiichiro
Suzuki, Motoi
Katayama, Mitsuya
Taira, Masakatsu
Fujita, Hiromi
Ariyoshi, Koya
Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan
title Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan
title_full Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan
title_fullStr Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan
title_full_unstemmed Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan
title_short Rickettsia japonica Infection after Land Leech Bite, Japan
title_sort rickettsia japonica infection after land leech bite, japan
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6537741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31107234
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2506.181985
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