Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens

Myers, Todd; Lalani, Tahaniyat; Dent, Mike; Jiang, Ju; Daly, Patrick L.; Maguire, Jason D.; Richards, Allen L.

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Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens

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May 2013
By Myers, Todd ; Lalani, Tahaniyat ; Dent, Mike ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Myers, Todd ; Lalani, Tahaniyat ; Dent, Mike ; Jiang, Ju ; Daly, Patrick L. ; Maguire, Jason D. ; Richards, Allen L.
Description:

The typical clinical presentation of several spotted fever group Rickettsia infections includes eschars. Clinical diagnosis of the condition is usually made by analysis of blood samples. We describe a more sensitive, noninvasive means of obtaining a sample for diagnosis by using an eschar swab specimen from patients infected with Rickettsia parkeri.
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Adult Animals Antibodies, Bacterial Bacteria Cicatrix Diagnosis Diagnostic Dispatch Eschar Humans Male Polymerase Chain Reaction R. Parkeri Rickettsia Rickettsia Infections Swab Ticks Vector-borne Infections
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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(5):778-780.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

19
Issue:

5
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:c72298d671351583bdcc4ee065f2468f31d89ecaaf68e4243a455b19a5f92a39
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18861/cdc_18861_DS1.pdf
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