Diagnosis of Queensland tick typhus and African tick bite fever by PCR of lesion swabs

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 963-965

  Wang, Jin Mei ^a   Hudson, Bernard J ^a,d   Watts, Matthew R ^a   Karagiannis, Tom ^a   Fisher, Noel J ^a   Anderson, Catherine ^b   Roffey, Paul ^c  

^a Royal North Shore and Mater Hospitals   (Australia)

^b Woodland Street Medical Practice ^*  (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUEENSLAND TICK TYPHUS; RICKETTSIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TICK BITE; TREATMENT DURATION; TYPHUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUEENSLAND; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TYPHUS, EPIDEMIC LOUSE-BORNE;

EID: 67449108139     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1506.080855     Document Type: Article

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