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Atypical fulminant Rickettsia rickettsii infection (Brazilian spotted fever) presenting as septic shock and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Brazilian spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, has been increasingly reported in Brazil especially in the southeastern states. The severe and fulminant forms of the disease are not unusual but most of the reported fatal cases have shown some ...
Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves da Costa, Marcos Emilio Brigatte, Edmilton Pereira de Almeida, Lena Márcia de Carvalho Valle   +3 more
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The anal pore route is efficient to infect Amblyomma spp. ticks with Rickettsia rickettsii and allows the assessment of the role played by infection control targets. [PDF]

Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2023
Nassar MB, Pavanelo DB, Labruna MB, Daffre S, Esteves E, Fogaça AC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Transcription of Antimicrobial Peptides in Galleria mellonella Larvae Infected with Rickettsia rickettsii

, 2022
Rickettsia rickettsii is the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. This obligately intracellular, gram-negative bacterium causes a potentially fatal illness with flu-like symptoms and rash.
Hervey, William E
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Long-term persistence of anti-Rickettsia rickettsii antibodies in capybaras, with passive transfer to offspring. [PDF]

Rev Bras Parasitol Vet, 2022
Binder LC, Ramírez-Hernández A, Serpa MCA, Pinter A, Souza CE, Labruna MB.   +5 more
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Susceptibility of Amblyomma sculptum, Vector of Rickettsia rickettsii, Ticks from a National Park and an Experimental Farm to Different Synthetic Acaricides. [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
Cardoso ERN, Carvalho SF, Dias SA, Santos RA, Tavares MA, Neves LC, Paula WVF, Pádua GT, de Lima NJ, Paludo RLDR, Silva IS, Bittencourt RBM, Dos Santos GC, Nascimento FGJ, de Paula LGF, Dantas-Torres F, Monteiro CMO, Krawczak FDS.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Occurrence of rickettsiosis of the group Rickettsia rickettsii

, 1983
A search of the literature to update the available information on the occurrence of rickettsiosis caused by the Rickettsia rickettsii group was made. It was verified that the incidence of spotted fever has had an increase in the U.S.A. and Europe since 1970. In Brazil, a presumptive case was reported in the State of Bahia, in 1979.
Mancini, Dalva A. Portari, Nascimento, Elvira M. Mendes, Tavares, Valéria Rosa, Soares, Murillo Adelino   +3 more
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Rickettsia tillamookensis-like strain in brown dog ticks in Brazil

Parasites & Vectors
Brown dog ticks (Rhipicephalus linnaei) collected from dogs in northeastern Brazil in 2015 tested positive for a rickettsial organism phylogenetically related to Rickettsia tillamookensis (referred to as R. tillamookensis-like).
Lucas Lisboa Nunes Bonifácio, Kamila Gaudêncio da Silva Sales, Ennya Rafaella Neves Cardoso, Felipe da Silva Krawczak, Filipe Dantas-Torres   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rickettsia rickettsii infection as an unusual cause of pediatric retinitis: A case report. [PDF]

Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 2022
Moore SM, McAllister MA, Thomas TO.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia typhi in inhabitants from a rural community of southeast Mexico. [PDF]

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica, 2022
Torres-Castro M, Reyes-Novelo E, Noh-Pech H, Sánchez-Montes S, Colunga-Salas P, Lugo-Caballero C, Rodríguez-Vivas RI.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis, 2021
Zaldívar Y, Hernández M, Domínguez L, Saénz L, Montilla S, de Antinori MEB, Krawczak FS, Bermúdez S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source