Rare Case of Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia monacensis, Portugal, 2021

We report a case of rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia monacensis in an immunocompetent 67-year-old man in Portugal who had eschar, erythematous rash, and an attached Ixodes ricinus tick. Seroconversion and eschar biopsy led to confirmed diagnosis by PCR. Physicians should be aware of this rare rick...

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Autores principales: de Sousa, Rita, dos Santos, Marta Leal, Cruz, Claudina, Almeida, Vasco, Garrote, Ana Raquel, Ramirez, Freddy, Seixas, Diana, Manata, Maria J., Maltez, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35447057
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.211836
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author de Sousa, Rita
dos Santos, Marta Leal
Cruz, Claudina
Almeida, Vasco
Garrote, Ana Raquel
Ramirez, Freddy
Seixas, Diana
Manata, Maria J.
Maltez, Fernando
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dos Santos, Marta Leal
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description We report a case of rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia monacensis in an immunocompetent 67-year-old man in Portugal who had eschar, erythematous rash, and an attached Ixodes ricinus tick. Seroconversion and eschar biopsy led to confirmed diagnosis by PCR. Physicians should be aware of this rare rickettsiosis, especially in geographic regions with the vector.
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spelling pubmed-90454222022-05-07 Rare Case of Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia monacensis, Portugal, 2021 de Sousa, Rita dos Santos, Marta Leal Cruz, Claudina Almeida, Vasco Garrote, Ana Raquel Ramirez, Freddy Seixas, Diana Manata, Maria J. Maltez, Fernando Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a case of rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia monacensis in an immunocompetent 67-year-old man in Portugal who had eschar, erythematous rash, and an attached Ixodes ricinus tick. Seroconversion and eschar biopsy led to confirmed diagnosis by PCR. Physicians should be aware of this rare rickettsiosis, especially in geographic regions with the vector. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9045422/ /pubmed/35447057 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.211836 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases 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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de Sousa, Rita
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Almeida, Vasco
Garrote, Ana Raquel
Ramirez, Freddy
Seixas, Diana
Manata, Maria J.
Maltez, Fernando
Rare Case of Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia monacensis, Portugal, 2021
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title_full Rare Case of Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia monacensis, Portugal, 2021
title_fullStr Rare Case of Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia monacensis, Portugal, 2021
title_full_unstemmed Rare Case of Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia monacensis, Portugal, 2021
title_short Rare Case of Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia monacensis, Portugal, 2021
title_sort rare case of rickettsiosis caused by rickettsia monacensis, portugal, 2021
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9045422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35447057
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.211836
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