The first human case of Rickettsia tamurae infection in Japan

Case Reports in Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Imaoka, Kaoru ^a   Kaneko, Sakae ^a   Tabara, Kenji ^b   Kusatake, Kenji ^a   Morita, Eishin ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amblyomma testudinarium; Human pathogen; Local skin inflammation; Rickettsia tamurae infection; Spotted fever group

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MINOCYCLINE;

AGED; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA JAPONICA; RICKETTSIA TAMURAE INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN SWELLING; TICK BITE;

EID: 79957585302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326941     Document Type: Article

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