Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama

We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient. Our results indicate that Rocky Mountain spo...

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Autores principales: Zaldívar, Yamitzel, Hernández, Michelle, Domínguez, Lillian, Saénz, Lisseth, Montilla, Santiago, de Antinori, Maria E. Barnett, Krawczak, Felipe S., Bermúdez, Sergio
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33755006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.201606
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author Zaldívar, Yamitzel
Hernández, Michelle
Domínguez, Lillian
Saénz, Lisseth
Montilla, Santiago
de Antinori, Maria E. Barnett
Krawczak, Felipe S.
Bermúdez, Sergio
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Hernández, Michelle
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description We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient. Our results indicate that Rocky Mountain spotted fever is emerging in this region.
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spelling pubmed-80072892021-04-06 Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama Zaldívar, Yamitzel Hernández, Michelle Domínguez, Lillian Saénz, Lisseth Montilla, Santiago de Antinori, Maria E. Barnett Krawczak, Felipe S. Bermúdez, Sergio Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient. Our results indicate that Rocky Mountain spotted fever is emerging in this region. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8007289/ /pubmed/33755006 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.201606 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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Zaldívar, Yamitzel
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Montilla, Santiago
de Antinori, Maria E. Barnett
Krawczak, Felipe S.
Bermúdez, Sergio
Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama
title Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama
title_full Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama
title_fullStr Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama
title_full_unstemmed Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama
title_short Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama
title_sort isolation of rickettsia rickettsii in rocky mountain spotted fever outbreak, panama
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33755006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.201606
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