A fatal case of Brazilian spotted fever in a non-endemic area in Brazil: the importance of having health professionals who understand the disease and its areas of transmission
| Autor: | Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Gilberto Salles Gazeta, Eduardo Pacheco de Caldas, Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Fabiana Cristina Pereira dos Santos, Silvia Colombo, Stefan Vilges de Oliveira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine lcsh:RC955-962 Rocky Mountain spotted fever 030106 microbiology 030231 tropical medicine Disease Rickettsial illness Rickettsia rickettsia 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health parasitic diseases Tick-borne diseases medicine Brazilian spotted fever Tick-borne disease biology Health professionals Transmission (medicine) business.industry Public health medicine.disease Rickettsia rickettsii biology.organism_classification Virology SAÚDE PÚBLICA Infectious Diseases Parasitology business |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 49, Iss 5, Pp 653-655 Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP |
| ISSN: | 0037-8682 |
| Popis: | Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Because of its high case-fatality rate and apparent increase in areas of transmission, it is considered to be the rickettsial illness of primary public health interest. Cases of this disease have historically occurred in Southeastern Brazil. This article reports the first fatal case of BSF in Southern Brazil. This case high lights the importance of BSF to be considered as a differential diagnosis for acute hemorrhagic fever in areas where cases of BSF may not be expected. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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