Diagnosis of Queensland Tick Typhus and African Tick Bite Fever by PCR of Lesion Swabs

被引：34

作者：

Wang, Jin-Mei ^{[1
]}

Hudson, Bernard J. ^{[1
]}

Watts, Matthew R. ^{[1
]}

Karagiannis, Tom ^{[1
]}

Fisher, Noel J. ^{[1
]}

Anderson, Catherine

Roffey, Paul ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Royal N Shore Hosp, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[2] Charles Sturt Univ, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

来源：

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2009年 / 15卷 / 06期

关键词：

SPOTTED-FEVER; RICKETTSIAE; ESCHAR;

D O I：

10.3201/eid1506.080855

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive.

引用

页码：963 / 965

页数：3

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