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Effectiveness of fluoroquinolone antimicrobials in addition to tetracyclines for Japanese spotted fever: A retrospective analysis using a national inpatient database

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Objectives: This study aim to evaluate the effectiveness of fluoroquinolone (FQ) antimicrobial therapy in combination with tetracyclines (TCs) in patients with Japanese spotted fever (JSF) using a nationwide inpatient database in Japan.Methods: We ...
Satoshi Kutsuna, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Hiroki Matsui, Hideo Yasunaga   +3 more
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How rash and eschar came to clinical attention in scrub typhus and Japanese spotted fever. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundEarly diagnosis of scrub typhus and Japanese spotted fever remains challenging because initial manifestations are often nonspecific. In endemic areas, nearly 30% of patients were not correctly diagnosed at the first visit to a participating ...
Eiichiro Sando, Ikkoh Yasuda
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Systemic lupus erythematosus mimicking Japanese spotted fever due to Rickettsia japonica detection in an eschar: a case report [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is a subset of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) characterized by neurological and psychiatric manifestations.
Kento Izuta, Masashi Nishikubo, Ryohei Nomoto, Shuji Sumitomo, Yoshinori Matsuoka, Ryutaro Seo, Hiroaki Nishioka, Koichi Ariyoshi, Eiichiro Sando   +8 more
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Survey of Rickettsia species in hematophagous arthropods from endemic areas for Japanese spotted fever in China [PDF]

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is caused by Rickettsia japonica, mainly vectored by hard ticks. However, whether R. japonica can be transmitted by other arthropods remains unknown. Moreover, it is of interest to investigate whether other Rickettsia species
Junhua Tian, Jing Liu, Jin Liu, Miao Lu, Xiaomin Chen, Kun Li   +5 more
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Japanese Spotted Fever and Irreversible Renal Dysfunction during Immunosuppressive Therapy after a Living-Donor Kidney Transplant [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Ten years ago, a 56-year-old woman with a history of IgA nephropathy who received a living-donor kidney transplant across ABO barriers was managed with immunosuppressive drugs. The kidney transplant donor was her father who had poor kidney function.
Makoto Kondo, Kohei Nishikawa, Shohei Iida, Takehisa Nakanishi, Koji Habe, Keiichi Yamanaka   +5 more
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Japanese Spotted Fever with Severe Myositis: A Diagnostic Challenge. [PDF]

Intern Med
A woman in her late 70s presented with a fever, rashes, and marked proximal muscle weakness. Noninfectious conditions, including myositis and vasculitis, were initially considered. Treatment with cephalosporins was ineffective, but the symptoms improved with minocycline, indicating possible Japanese spotted fever (JSF) despite no apparent history of ...
Kobayashi K, Baba H, Takeda R, Nishiyama S, Nakamoto S, Umekawa Y.   +5 more
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Japanese Spotted Fever Complicated by Acute Respiratory Failure

Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 2000
A 66-year-old male was admitted to our hospital, presenting a high fever and generalized erythema on June 9, 1999. Physical examination revealed many eschars on his legs. Laboratory examinations were as follows: platelet counts, 5.5 x 10(4)/microliter: FDP, 25 micrograms/ml: TAT, 70.9 ng/ml: GOT, 177 IU/l, GPT, 174 IU/l: CRP, 32.3 mg/dl. Based on these
Kazuya Kodama, Toshiyuki NOGUCHI, Yoshimi Chikahira   +2 more
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Spotted fever rickettsiosis (Japanese spotted fever) in Miyazaki prefecture - In particular differential diagnosis from Tsutsugamushi disease.

Nishi Nihon Hifuka, 1988
昭和58年から昭和62年の5年間に宮崎県下で5例の紅斑熱リケッチア症を経験した。初診時診断はつつが虫病であつたが, 血清学的検索で本症と確定診断した。症例は43才女子(発症昭和58年10月), 72才男子(昭和60年6月), 68才男子(昭和61年4月), 51才女子(昭和62年5月), 73才女子(昭和62年8月)で, 感染地域は山野3例, 河川1例, 不明1例であつた。潜伏期間は5日1例, 10日2例, 不明2例で, 全例とも高熱, 頭痛, 倦怠感, 食思不振などの全身症状を訴えた。全例に刺し口, 全身性紅斑があり, 3例には出血を認めた。肝脾腫, 全身性リンパ節腫大はなかつたが, 2例には所属リンパ節腫大がみられた。急性期の検査成績では全例赤沈亢進, CRP陽性, 好中球の核左方移動 ...
Hiromi Narita, Akihiko Tajiri, Naganori Kawana, Akinori ASOH, Takeomi TANIGUCHI, Hideo Yamagata, Seiji Gotoh, Mutsusuke Hiejima   +7 more
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Descriptive epidemiology of rickettsial infections in Japan: Scrub typhus and Japanese spotted fever, 2007–2016

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objective: This study aimed to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of endemics of two rickettsial diseases, scrub typhus (ST) and Japanese spotted fever (JSF), in Japan.
Hitomi Kinoshita, Yuzo Arima, Mika Shigematsu, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Masayuki Saijo, Kazunori Oishi, Shuji Ando   +6 more
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A Case of Japanese Spotted Fever Complicated with Acute Myocarditis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2007
Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is caused by Rickettsia japonica. Although it induces a variety of complications, acute myocarditis has never been reported as a complication of JSF. We treated a JSF patient who developed acute myocarditis. To our knowledge, this is the first case of JSF complicated with acute myocarditis.
Yasushi Fukuta, Fumihiko Mahara, Tadanori Nakatsu, Tetsuya Yoshida, Masaji Nishimura   +4 more
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