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Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Israel, 2010–2019

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
In a multicenter, nationwide, retrospective study of patients hospitalized with spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Israel during 2010–2019, we identified 42 cases, of which 36 were autochthonous.
Regev Cohen, Talya Finn, Frida Babushkin, Yael Paran, Ronen Ben Ami, Alaa Atamna, Sharon Reisfeld, Gabriel Weber, Neta Petersiel, Hiba Zayyad, Eyal Leshem, Miriam Weinberger, Yasmin Maor, Nicola Makhoul, Lior Nesher, Galia Zaide, Dar Klein, Adi Beth-Din, Yafit Atiya-Nasagi   +18 more
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Mediterranean spotted fever

Jaffna Medical Journal, 2020
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S. Thanikai, S. Sivansuthan
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Israeli Spotted Fever in Sicily. Description of two cases and minireview

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is endemic in Italy, where Rickettsia conorii subsp. conorii was thought to be the only pathogenic rickettsia and Rhipicephalus sanguineus the vector and main reservoir. R. conorii subsp.
Claudia Colomba, Marcello Trizzino, Anna Giammanco, Celestino Bonura, Danilo Di Bona, Manlio Tolomeo, Antonio Cascio   +6 more
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A severe case of Mediterranean spotted fever. [PDF]

Batna Journal of Medical Sciences
Mediterranean spotted fever is a tick-borne rickettsial infection that is typically benign but can progress to severe disease and even death, particularly in cases of delayed diagnosis.
Nabila CHOUBANE
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Mediterranean spotted fever in Algerian children [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2009
Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a potentially life-threatening zoonosis caused by Rickettsia conorii and transmitted by the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus [1]. Although MSF is one of the oldest recognised rickettsioses, there have been few reports about this rickettsiosis in North Africa [1,2].
Mouffok, N., Parola, P., Abdennour, D., Aouati, A., Razik, F., Benabdellah, A., /Raoult, Didier   +6 more
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Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Children: Study of a Portuguese Endemic Region

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2018
Introduction: Mediterranean spotted fever is an infectious disease included in the human rickettsiosis group, with its main distribution in the Mediterranean and South European countries. It is an endemic disease in Portugal, with dogs acting as the main
Sara Peixoto, Jorge Ferreira, Joana Carvalho, Vânia Martins   +3 more
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Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection: a case report from southeast Iran

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a zoonotic and vector-borne disease caused by Rickettsia conorii. We report a case (36 year-old-woman) of MSF caused by Rickettsia conorii from Iran.
Mina Latifian, Mohammad Khalili, Mehrdad Farrokhnia, Ehsan Mostafavi, Saber Esmaeili   +4 more
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Early Findings of Rickettsioses in Morocco

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2020
Background & objectives: Rickettsioses are zoonoses transmitted to humans by arthropods. They are due to strict intracellular bacteria belonging to the family Rickettsiaceae.
Meryem Soughi, Hajar Khibri, Saïd Boujraf, Asmae Bettioui, Samira Rabhi   +4 more
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A case of Mediterranean spotted fever mimicking severe sepsis

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2022
Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a tick-borne acute endemic infectious disease caused by Rickettsia conorii. While MSF may progress asymptomatically, it may lead to clinical pictures like severe hemorrhagic fever.
Mehmet Uzunlulu, Erhan Eken, İlksen Gönenç, Sehnaz Kaya, Ece Selvi, Ferhat Arslan   +5 more
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Ciprofloxacin therapy for Mediterranean spotted fever [PDF]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1986
We report the treatment of five patients with Mediterranean spotted fever with the antimicrobial agent ciprofloxacin. The treatment was administered intravenously for 2 days and then perorally for 8 days. All five patients were cured. These preliminary data seem to correlate with the in vitro activity of ciprofloxacin against Rickettsia conorii.
D, Raoult, H, Gallais, P, De Micco, P, Casanova   +3 more
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