Clinical Differentiation of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome from Japanese Spotted Fever [PDF]
Viruses, 2022 Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) and Japanese spotted fever (JSF; a spotted fever group rickettsiosis) are tick-borne zoonoses that are becoming a significant public health threat in Japan and East Asia.
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Interstitial pneumonia due to Japanese spotted fever [PDF]
Respirology Case ReportsKey message We report case of Japanese spotted fever with interstitial pneumonia. In patients with signs of interstitial pneumonia on chest computed tomography, Rickettsial pneumonia should be considered in the differential diagnosis, especially if they ...
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Japanese spotted fever with post-infectious encephalitis [PDF]
IDCases, 2023 Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is a rickettsial disease caused by Rickettsia japonica. To the best of our knowledge, there have only been five reported cases of JSF involving the central nervous system.
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Japanese Spotted Fever in Eastern China, 2013 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 We isolated Rickettsia japonica from a febrile patient in Lu’an City, China, in 2013. Subsequently, we found an R. japonica seroprevalence of 54.8% (494/902) in the rural population of Anhui Province and an R.
Jiabin Li +14 more
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A Case of Critical Japanese Spotted Fever in Zhejiang, China [PDF]
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2023 Yani Zhou,1 Qi Wang,1 Yujuan Shen,1 Bin Shen,1 Yan Zhang,2 Weihong Wang,1 Xiaofeng Li1,3 1Department of Infectious Diseases, Huzhou Central Hospital, Affiliated Central Hospital Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China ...
Zhou Y +6 more
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Geographic shift of Japanese spotted fever and diagnostic overshadowing by COVID-19 testing: A genetically confirmed northernmost case [PDF]
IDCasesJapanese spotted fever (JSF), caused by Rickettsia japonica, typically presents with fever, rash, and eschar. While endemic to western and southern Japan, recent cases have emerged in urban, non-endemic areas.
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Japanese Spotted Fever, South Korea [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 We describe the first case of Japanese spotted fever and the first isolate of spotted fever group rickettsia from a patient in South Korea. The isolated rickettsia from the patient was identified as Rickettsia japonica by analysis of the nucleotide ...
Moon-Hyun Chung +8 more
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Prompt Diagnosis and Treatment of Japanese Spotted Fever with an Atypical Triad of Clinical Symptoms: A Case Report [PDF]
Infection and Drug ResistanceHaoyi Wang,* Zhen Ni,* Yinghao Chang Department of Infectious Disease, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, 610083 People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yinghao Chang ...
Wang H, Ni Z, Chang Y
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Japanese Spotted Fever with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis [PDF]
Internal Medicine, 2020 Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is an uncommon but potentially fatal infection transmitted by tick bites. We herein report a fulminant case of JSF infection that occurred in an immunocompetent adult that was complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). We discuss the difficulty in making the diagnosis
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Case report: Multiple organ failure caused by Japanese spotted fever [PDF]
HeliyonA 71-year-old male had disseminated multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Following treatment with cefotaxime and piperacillin-tazobactam, his symptoms have worsened instead.
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