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- Title
Orientia tsutsugamushi in Eschars from Scrub Typhus Patients.
- Authors
Yun-Xi Liu; Wu-Chun Cao; Yuan Gao; Jing-Lan Zhang; Zhan-Qing Yang; Zhong-Tang Zhao; Foley, Janet E.
- Abstract
To verify the value of eschars for the diagnosis of scrub typhus and to characterize genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi in patients, we examined eschars and blood specimens of 7 patients from Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, for O. tsutsugamushi by polymerase chain reaction targeting the Sta56 gene. All 7 eschars and acute-phase blood samples were positive, while no specific DNA amplicons were obtained from the 7 convalescent-phase blood samples collected after antimicrobial drug therapy. The findings indicate that patients' eschars can be used for detection and genetic characterization of O. tsutsugamushi during the convalescent phase.
- Subjects
ESKERS; DIAGNOSIS; TSUTSUGAMUSHI disease; PATIENTS; BLOOD
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006, Vol 12, Issue 7, p1109
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1207.050827