Diagnosis of Queensland tick typhus and African tick bite fever by PCR of lesion swabs

We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2009-06, Vol.15 (6), p.963-965
Main Authors: Wang, Jin Mei, Hudson, Bernard J, Watts, Matthew R, Karagiannis, Tom, Fisher, Noel J, Anderson, Catherine, Roffey, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Animals
Australia
Bites and stings
Diagnosis
Dispatch
Female
Humans
Insect Bites and Stings
Ixodidae
Male
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Middle Aged
Mouth Mucosa - microbiology
PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Queensland
Rickettsia
Rickettsia - classification
Rickettsia - genetics
Rickettsia - isolation & purification
Rickettsia Infections - diagnosis
Rickettsia Infections - microbiology
Rickettsia Infections - pathology
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Skin - microbiology
South Africa
Specimen Handling - methods
spotted fever
swabs
Tick-Borne Diseases - diagnosis
Tick-Borne Diseases - microbiology
Tick-Borne Diseases - pathology
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne - diagnosis
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne - microbiology
Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne - pathology
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1506.080855