Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia lonestari after Tick Bite in Alabama, USA

Autor:	Laia J. Vazquez Guillamet, Grace E. Marx, William Benjamin, Peter Pappas, Nicole A.P. Lieberman, Kimo Bachiashvili, Sixto Leal, Joshua A. Lieberman
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Borrelia lonestari relapsing fever tick bacteria parasites vector-borne infections Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 441-444 (2023)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2902.221281
Popis:	We report an immunocompromised patient in Alabama, USA, 75 years of age, with relapsing fevers and pancytopenia who had spirochetemia after a tick bite. We identified Borrelia lonestari by using PCR, sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. Increasing clinical availability of molecular diagnostics might identify B. lonestari as an emerging tickborne pathogen.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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