Dual Genotype Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection in Patient with Rash and Eschar, Vietnam, 2016

Le-Viet, Nhiem; Phan, Duc-Tuan; Le-Viet, Nho; Trinh, Sinh; To, Muoi; Raoult, Didier; Parola, Philippe

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Dual Genotype Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection in Patient with Rash and Eschar, Vietnam, 2016

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August 2018
By Le-Viet, Nhiem ; Phan, Duc-Tuan ; Le-Viet, Nho ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Le-Viet, Nhiem ; Phan, Duc-Tuan ; Le-Viet, Nho ; Trinh, Sinh ; To, Muoi ; Raoult, Didier ; Parola, Philippe
Description:

We report a dual genotype Orientia tsutsugamushi infection in Vietnam in 2016. The patient had fever, rash, and an eschar. The Kawasaki genotype was identified in the eschar specimen and Karp genotype in the whole blood specimen. The genotype co-infection rate for scrub typhus is unknown and should be further evaluated.
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Administration, Oral Adult Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Typing Techniques Bites And Stings Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Doxycycline Drug Administration Schedule Exanthema Genotype Humans Male Mites Scrub Typhus
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Emerg Infect Dis. 24(8):1520-1523
Pubmed ID:

30014833
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6056126
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Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Vietnam
Location:

Asia
Volume:

24
Issue:

8
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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