Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Vilges de Oliveira, Stefan ; Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A. ; Adelino, Talita Emile Ribeiro ; de Lima Duré, Ana Íris ; Barbieri, Amalia R.M. ; Labruna, Marcelo B.
• Description:
  We report a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a man in Brazil without recent history of tick bites or environmental exposure. He received an accidental needlestick while working as a nurse. The nurse and his patient died. Both cases were confirmed as RMSF by molecular methods.
• Subjects:
  Adult Diagnosis, Differential Fatal Outcome Humans Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-To-Professional Male Needlestick Injuries Occupational Diseases Rickettsia Rickettsii Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(4):815-816
• Pubmed ID:
  32187008
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7101093
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:51827f0a46528326c10f4ea7638b9545f37190456f3ab86d146f19e2c8e08ba1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/86487/cdc_86487_DS1.pdf
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