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Histologic Features and Immunodetection of African Tick-bite Fever Eschar
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is a rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia africae. We describe histologic features and immunodetection of R. africae in cutaneous inoculation eschars from 8 patients with ATBF, which was diagnosed by culture or association of
Hubert Lepidi +2 more
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Biomolecules, 2022 Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF) is one of the most common spotted fever Rickettsioses. Most cases of MSF follow a benign course, with a minority of cases being fatal.
Letizia Scola +6 more
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Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Central Tunisia [PDF]
Journal of Travel Medicine, 1994 Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a tick-borne rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia conorii. The disease was first described in Tunisia by Conor and Brush in 1910.’ However, only a few studies suggested the persistence of this disease in Tunisia.2 Edlinger et a13 emphasized the fact that MSF is one of the travel diseases that can be contracted in many
, Jemni +4 more
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Infectious Medicine, 2023 Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) has been diagnosed clinically in the Crimean Peninsula since the 1930s. We describe the recent illness of an elderly patient from Crimea who had developed a classic triad of MSF symptoms consisting of fever ...
Emine E. Alieva +5 more
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Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2021 Objective is to analyze the incidence of Siberian tick typhus (STT) in the Russian Federation over the period of 2010–2020, Astrakhan spotted fever (ASF) and Mediterranean fever (MF) since the official registration, and to forecast the development of the
N. V. Rudakov +10 more
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Fatal Mediterranean spotted fever in Greece [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2010 Forty-five days after the first confirmed and fatal Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case in Greece in 2008, a female patient with similar signs and symptoms (high fever, thrombocytopaenia) and resident of the same area, was admitted to the University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis. Before admission, she had visited a local hospital where a
Papa, A. +4 more
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MEDITERRANEAN SPOTTED FEVER IN ALGERIA
Problems of Infectious and Parasitic DiseasesMediterranean spotted fever (MSF) has been recognised as an endemic disease in Algeria for over half a century, yet critical questions regarding its true burden, evolving clinical spectrum, and emerging pathogen diversity remain unanswered.
Asia Beneldjouzi +3 more
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Atrial fibrillation in Mediterranean spotted fever [PDF]
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2008 Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is a tick-borne acute febrile disease caused by Rickettsia conorii and characterized by fever, maculo-papular rash and a black eschar at the site of the tick bite (‘tache noir’). We describe the case of a 58-year-old man affected by MSF who developed atrial fibrillation.
COLOMBA, Claudia +6 more
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Hemostatic Changes in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Mediterranean Spotted Fever [PDF]
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1999 Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Mediterranean spotted fever are rickettsial infections primarily of endothelial cells that normally have a potent anticoagulant function. As a result of endothelial cell infection and injury, the hemostatic system is perturbed and shows changes that vary widely from a minor reduction in the platelet count (frequently ...
M T, Elghetany, D H, Walker
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The case of Mediterranean spotted fever of the traveler returned from Zambia
Ticks and Tick-Borne DiseasesWe report the case of a traveler who returned from Zambia and was diagnosed with Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF), an infectious disease caused by Rickettsia conorii conorii. The patient presented to Sapporo City General Hospital with symptoms of fever,
Takahiro Ichikawa +4 more
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