Epidemic typhus meningitis in the southwestern United States

被引：44

作者：

Massung, RF

Davis, LE

Slater, K

McKechnie, DB

Puerzer, M

机构：

[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Viral & Rickettsial Dis, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA

[2] New Mexico VA Hlth Care Syst, Neurol Serv, Albuquerque, NM USA

[3] New Mexico VA Hlth Care Syst, Spinal Cord Injury Serv, Albuquerque, NM USA

[4] Univ New Mexico, Sch Med, Dept Neurol Neurosci & Microbiol, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

[5] Univ New Mexico, Sch Med, Dept Med, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2001年 / 32卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1086/319351

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

A patient residing in New Mexico had murine typhus diagnosed. A novel molecular assay was performed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Rickettsia prowazekii, the agent of epidemic typhus, was found, rather than R. typhi. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of epidemic typhus confirmed by means of polymerase chain reaction-based testing of cerebrospinal fluid, and it introduces a novel assay for the molecular diagnosis of both epidemic and murine typhus.

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