Mediterranean spotted fever: clinical, laboratory and epidemiological features of 199 cases
| Autor: | Didier Raoult, Hervé Chaudet, Hervé Gallais, Paul Casanova, Pierre J. Weiller, André Chagnon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Adolescent Rickettsiaceae Infections Disease African tick bite fever Boutonneuse Fever Mediterranean Basin Virology Epidemiology medicine Humans Rickettsia Child Aged biology business.industry Infant Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Dermatology Rash Antibodies Bacterial Spotted fever Anti-Bacterial Agents Boutonneuse fever Infectious Diseases Tetracyclines Parasitology Female France Seasons medicine.symptom business Rickettsia conorii |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 35(4) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | Most previous studies of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) have included cases that either were not laboratory-confirmed or were confirmed by the Weil-Felix test. The authors report the detailed clinical, laboratory and epidemiological features of 199 serologically-confirmed cases of MSF (by microimmunofluorescence). This work demonstrates that the disease is difficult to diagnose, especially at the beginning; that it can be fatal (2.5% of cases); and that a rapid and specific diagnosis is necessary to identify atypical cases. Epidemiological features such as season (summer essentially), presence of a dog, and travel in an endemic area (the Mediterranean Basin) are important in the diagnosis. In such cases fever associated with rash have to be considered and treated as MSF. |
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