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
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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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author Vazquez Guillamet, Laia J.
Marx, Grace E.
Benjamin, William
Pappas, Peter
Lieberman, Nicole A.P.
Bachiashvili, Kimo
Leal, Sixto
Lieberman, Joshua A.
author_facet Vazquez Guillamet, Laia J.
Marx, Grace E.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-98817942023-02-08 Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA Vazquez Guillamet, Laia J. Marx, Grace E. Benjamin, William Pappas, Peter Lieberman, Nicole A.P. Bachiashvili, Kimo Leal, Sixto Lieberman, Joshua A. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9881794/ /pubmed/36692856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221281 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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Vazquez Guillamet, Laia J.
Marx, Grace E.
Benjamin, William
Pappas, Peter
Lieberman, Nicole A.P.
Bachiashvili, Kimo
Leal, Sixto
Lieberman, Joshua A.
Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA
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title_full Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA
title_fullStr Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA
title_full_unstemmed Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA
title_short Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA
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url 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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