Isolation of Rickettsia akari from eschars of patients with rickettsialpox

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 732-738

  Paddock, Christopher D ^a   Koss, Tamara ^b   Eremeeva, Marina E ^c   Dasch, Gregory A ^c   Zaki, Sherif R ^a   Sumner, John W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Mail stop G 13 ^*  (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PAPULOVESICULAR RASH; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIOSIS; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN;

ACARI; RICKETTSIA AKARI;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RICKETTSIA AKARI; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SKIN;

EID: 33750615770     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.732     Document Type: Article

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