Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA

We report an immunocompromised patient in Alabama, USA, 75 years of age, with relapsing fevers and pancytopenia who had spirochetemia after a tick bite. We identified Borrelia lonestari by using PCR, sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. Increasing clinical availability of molecular diagnostics mig...

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Autores principales: Vazquez Guillamet, Laia J., Marx, Grace E., Benjamin, William, Pappas, Peter, Lieberman, Nicole A.P., Bachiashvili, Kimo, Leal, Sixto, Lieberman, Joshua A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36692856
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221281
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Sumario:We report an immunocompromised patient in Alabama, USA, 75 years of age, with relapsing fevers and pancytopenia who had spirochetemia after a tick bite. We identified Borrelia lonestari by using PCR, sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. Increasing clinical availability of molecular diagnostics might identify B. lonestari as an emerging tickborne pathogen.

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