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Spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais State
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2003 We report cases of spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The cases occurred in May and June of 2000.
Galvão Márcio Antônio Moreira +6 more
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A new therapeutic strategy for spotted fever group rickettsioses: a proposal for evaluating combination therapy with tetracycline and fluoroquinolones [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyKazuhiro Itoh +5 more
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Israeli Spotted Fever, Tunisia
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 To the Editor: Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) caused by Rickettsia conorii was the first rickettsiosis described in Tunisia. R. conorii was thought to be the only species existing in this country. However, authors reported other rickettsioses either from spotted fever group or typhus group (1,2). In Sfax, a town in southern Tunisia, physicians noted
Abir Znazen +4 more
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Malignant Mediterranean spotted fever
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2015 Fever with rash is one of the most common causes of referral to a dermatologist. A plethora of conditions need to be considered in the differential diagnosis. They may be broadly classified into infectious causes, drug reactions, and autoimmune disorders.
Snehal Balvant Lunge +3 more
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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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Purpura fulminans and spotted fever: A case series from South India
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2022 Purpura fulminans (PF) is associated with acute infections such as meningococcal, staphylococcal, streptococcal, and rickettsial infections. However, there are only a few reports of association of PF with rickettsial fever from India. In this case series
Karthik Gunasekaran +4 more
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Spotted fever rickettsiosis presenting with bilateral anterior uveitis and retinitis: A case report
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020 Spotted fever is a common rickettsial disease in India. It is caused by Rickettsia conorii, which demonstrates vascular tropism and causes endothelial injury. Ocular manifestations include multifocal retinitis and disc edema.
Sohini Das +4 more
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Spotted Fever and Typhus Group Rickettsiae in Dogs and Humans, Mexico, 2022
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We found serologic evidence of spotted fever group Rickettsia in humans and dogs and typhus group Rickettsia in dogs in Reynosa, Mexico. Our investigation revealed serologic samples reactive to spotted fever group Rickettsia in 5 community members ...
Ricardo Palacios-Santana +7 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 We report a case-series study of 5 patients with Japanese spotted fever from the Three Gorges Area in China, including 1 fatal case. Seroprevalence of Rickettsia japonica was ≈21% among the local population.
Zhongqiu Teng +12 more
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Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient.
Yamitzel Zaldívar +7 more
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