Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses and Murine Typhus in a Malaysian Teaching Hospital
| Autor: | A. Kukreja, Fui Xian Koh, Harvinder Kaur Lakhbeer Singh, Kai Ling Kho, Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Hafizatul Anis Mohamed Zan, Sun Tee Tay |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male 0301 basic medicine animal structures Adolescent 030231 tropical medicine 030106 microbiology Murine typhus Teaching hospital 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Virology Rickettsia typhi medicine Animals Humans Rickettsia raoultii Rickettsia Hospitals Teaching Aged Tick-borne disease biology Malaysia Rickettsia Infections Typhus Endemic Flea-Borne Articles bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Spotted fever Infectious Diseases Tick-Borne Diseases Immunology Etiology bacteria Female Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 95:765-768 |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| DOI: | 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0199 |
| Popis: | Limited information is available on the etiological agents of rickettsioses in southeast Asia. Herein, we report the molecular investigation of rickettsioses in four patients attending a teaching hospital in Malaysia. DNA of Rickettsia sp. RF2125, Rickettsia typhi, and a rickettsia closely related to Rickettsia raoultii was detected in the blood samples of the patients. Spotted fever group rickettsioses and murine typhus should be considered in the diagnosis of patients with nonspecific febrile illness in this region. |
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