Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015

We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September-October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2018-11, Vol.24 (11), p.2077-2079
Main Authors: Lu, Qunying, Yu, Jianping, Yu, Liqun, Zhang, Yanjun, Chen, Yitao, Lin, Meiai, Fang, Xiaofei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Azithromycin - therapeutic use
China
Chinese history
Defense industry
Dispatch
Doxycycline - therapeutic use
Ethics
Female
fever
Fighter planes
Health aspects
human infection
Humans
Infection
Infections in Humans, Zhejiang Province, China, 2015
Lymphadenopathy
Lymphatic diseases
Male
Middle Aged
Military aircraft
Rash
Rickettsia - genetics
Rickettsia - isolation & purification
Rickettsia Infections - diagnosis
Rickettsia Infections - drug therapy
Rickettsia Infections - microbiology
Rickettsia japonica
spotted fever group rickettsiae
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis - drug therapy
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis - microbiology
Tick-borne diseases
Ticks - microbiology
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:We investigated 16 Japanese spotted fever cases that occurred in southeastern China during September-October 2015. Patients had fever, rash, eschar, and lymphadenopathy. We confirmed 9 diagnoses and obtained 2 isolates with high identity to Rickettsia japonica strain YH. R. japonica infection should be considered for febrile patients in China.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2411.170044