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- Title
Fatal Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, Kenya.
- Authors
Rutherford, Jeremiah S.; Macaluso, Kevin R.; Smith, Nathaniel; Zaki, Sherif R.; Paddock, Christopher D.; Davis, Jon; Peterson, Norman; Azad, Abdu F.; Rosenberg, Ronald
- Abstract
We report a fatal case of rickettsiosis in a woman from the United States living in Kenya, who had a history of tick exposure. Immunohistochemical staining of skin, kidney, and liver demonstrated spotted fever group rickettsiae. The clinical findings, severity, and fatal outcome are most consistent with Rickettsia conorii infection.
- Subjects
KENYA; RICKETTSIAL diseases; ROCKY Mountain spotted fever tick; TICKS as carriers of disease; RICKETTSIAS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004, Vol 10, Issue 5, p910
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1005.030537