Timely diagnosis of atypical Japanese spotted fever: A case report. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore)Rationale: Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is a rare tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia japonica . Atypical manifestations and a lack of standardized diagnostic assays often result in delayed diagnosis and treatment, potentially leading to life-
Li J, He J, Yin Y, Liu Y.
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Clinical study of Japanese spotted fever and its aggravating factors [PDF]
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2003 Twenty-eight patients with Japanese spotted fever were clinically investigated. The diagnosis was determined by confirming an increase of specific antibody. All patients were treated with minocycline, and all recovered, excluding one patient with a fulminant course. Fever and exanthema were observed in all patients, and an eschar was pointed out in 20 (
Kazuya Kodama
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Prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment of Japanese spotted fever: A report of three cases [PDF]
HeliyonBackground: Japanese Spotted Fever (JSF) is a Spotted Fever Group (SFG) rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia japonica. More than 300 cases are diagnosed annually in Japan, and the number of reported cases has been increasing.
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A Case of Palpable Purpura Associated With Japanese Spotted Fever. [PDF]
CureusThis report presents the case of a 90-year-old man with Japanese spotted fever (JSF), caused by Rickettsia japonica, who initially manifested high fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. After successful antibiotic therapy, he developed palpable purpura similar to IgA vasculitis (IgAV).
Kase M, Ishimoto T, Nakai K.
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Rash and Eschar in Japanese Spotted Fever. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med HygNishiba T, Yokota K.
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Severe Japanese Spotted Fever Successfully Treated with Fluoroquinolone
Internal Medicine, 2006 A 77 years old woman who had a bite with eschar on her left arm, was admitted to emergency ward in our hospital, because of high fever, severe malaise, skin eruption, and consciousness disturbance beginning 5 days previously. She was diagnosed as Japanese spotted fever by seropositive of Rickettsia japonica (R.
Seigo Yamamoto +2 more
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Clinical Forms of Japanese Spotted Fever from Case-Series Study, Zigui County, Hubei Province, China, 2021 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We report a case-series study of 5 patients with Japanese spotted fever from the Three Gorges Area in China, including 1 fatal case. Seroprevalence of Rickettsia japonica was ≈21% among the local population.
Zhongqiu Teng +12 more
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Fulminant Japanese Spotted Fever Associated with Hypercytokinemia [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2001 ABSTRACT We report a patient with Japanese spotted fever caused by Rickettsia japonica who developed shock associated with hypercytokinemia. Elevated levels of cytokines (macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin 1 beta, interleukin 10, and gamma interferon) decreased rapidly after a combination ...
Hiromichi Iwasaki +4 more
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Vectors of Japanese Spotted Fever
Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 1992 In the southeast coast of Shikoku, most of the Japanese spotted fever (JSF) patients were found to be infected with the rickettsial pathogen through bamboo plantation, and also the eschar was frequently noticed in skin inspection, so that it was clinically speculated to be caused by ticks.
Nobuhiro Takada +4 more
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Spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) detection in ticks following reported human case of Japanese spotted fever in Niigata Prefecture, Japan [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Japanese spotted fever, a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia japonica, was firstly described in southwestern Japan. There was a suspicion of Rickettsia japonica infected ticks reaching the non-endemic Niigata Prefecture after a confirmed case of ...
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