Diagnosis and Management of Borrelia turicatae Infection in Febrile Soldier, Texas, USA

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Christensen, Anna M. ; Pietralczyk, Elizabeth ; Lopez, Job E. ; Brooks, Christopher ; Schriefer, Martin E. ; Wozniak, Edward ; Stermole, Benjamin
• Description:
  In August 2015, a soldier returned from field exercises in Texas, USA, with nonspecific febrile illness. Culture and sequencing of spirochetes from peripheral blood diagnosed Borrelia turicatae infection. The patient recovered after receiving doxycycline. No illness occurred in asymptomatic soldiers potentially exposed to the vector tick and prophylactically given treatment.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Borrelia
  • Disease Management
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Military Personnel
  • Relapsing Fever
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(5):883-884.
• Pubmed ID:
  28418310
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5403040
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Texas
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45646/cdc_45646_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 328.46 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ccc00c189078bc4ea908442c49e5519342b80b0322cfcada52c92d114093ac1a