Rocky mountain spotted fever, Panama

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作者
Estripeaut, Dora
Aranrlburu, Maria Gabriela
Saez-Llorens, Xavier
Thompson, Herbert A.
Dasch, Gregory A.
Paddock, Christopher D.
Zaki, Sherif
Eremeeva, Marina E.
机构
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Rickettisial Zoonoses Branch, Natl Ctr Zoonot Vector Borne & Enter Dis, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
[2] Hosp Nino, Panama City, Panama
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10.3201/eid1311.070931
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues. Molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the isolate to strains of R. rickettsii from Central and South America.
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页码:1763 / 1765
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