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MODERN APPROACHES TO LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF RICKETTSIAL DISEASES
Инфекция и иммунитет, 2014 . We present a concise review of contemporary laboratory methods for diagnosis of rickettsioses with special emphasis on diseases known in Russian Federation.
M. E. Eremeeva +2 more
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Human Spotted Fever Rickettsial Infections
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Serum specimens from patients at 4 sites in Peru were tested for evidence of spotted fever group rickettsial infection. Results showed that 30 (18%) of 170 patients had spotted fever group rickettsial infections, which likely caused their illnesses ...
George B. Schoeler +4 more
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Rickettsia rickettsii infection as an unusual cause of pediatric retinitis: A case report
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022 Purpose: To report a case of infectious pediatric retinitis attributed to Rocky Mountain spotted fever which is rarely reported in the United States.
Spencer M. Moore +2 more
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Limits of rickettsial infectivity [PDF]
Infection and Immunity, 1978 Seven species of pathogenic rickettsiae were compared in five assay systems for group, species, strain, and phase differences in infectivity. The species examined include Rickettsia prowazekii (Breinl and Cairo 3 strains), R. typhi, R. canada, R. rickettsii (Sheila Smith and R strains), R. conorii, R. sibirica, and Coxiella burnetii in phases I and II.
R, Ormsbee +4 more
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Prevalence and infection load dynamics of Rickettsia felis in actively feeding cat fleas. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Rickettsia felis is a flea-associated rickettsial pathogen recurrently identified in both colonized and wild-caught cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis. We hypothesized that within colonized fleas, the intimate relationship between R. felis and C.
Kathryn E Reif +4 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background Assessing the burden of rickettsial infections in Ontario, Canada, is challenging since rickettsial infections are not reportable to public health.
Mark P. Nelder +7 more
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Rickettsial infection caused by accidental conjunctival inoculation. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2015 The most common transmission route of tick-borne Rickettsia is through tick bite; nevertheless, other transmission routes should also be considered. We report a case of rickettsial infection in a 15-year-old boy caused by accidental contamination of the ...
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Murine typhus presenting with status epilepticus
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 Patients with rickettsial infection usually present with a febrile illness, headache, arthromyalgia and various biochemical abnormalities. Neurologic involvement is rare in murine typhus.
Humaira Shafi, Louie Galang Hipolito
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Diagnosis of a Fatal Rickettsial Infection in a 44-Year-Old Male [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019 Rickettsial infections are an emerging public health concern in many parts of India with several undiagnosed or misdiagnosed cases. Despite its widespread prevalence in India, lack of suspicion, nonspecific signs and symptoms, and absence of widely ...
Yogesh Velaskar, Aparna Kotekar
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Tick-borne spotted fevers caused by Rickettsia occur worldwide. The symptoms of this bacterial infection are similar to those of viral infection, and thus, diagnostic accuracy has special clinical importance.
Nina S. Smirnova +5 more
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