Molecular characterization of mediterranean spotted fever rickettsia isolated from a European traveler in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

J Travel Med. 2013 Jan-Feb;20(1):54-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00677.x.

Abstract

Rickettsial spotted fever is common in southeastern Brazil. Differential diagnosis of pathogens can be performed with proper laboratory methods. A traveler arriving from Portugal developed a fatal febrile hemorrhagic syndrome diagnosed as spotted fever rickettsiosis. We isolated the agent, which was identified as Rickettsia conorii conorii by sequencing rickettsial genes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Boutonneuse Fever* / epidemiology
  • Boutonneuse Fever* / microbiology
  • Boutonneuse Fever* / transmission
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • DNA, Bacterial*
  • Disease Reservoirs / microbiology
  • Dogs
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Portugal
  • Rickettsia conorii* / genetics
  • Rickettsia conorii* / isolation & purification
  • Rickettsia conorii* / pathogenicity
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods*
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Time-to-Treatment
  • Travel
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology
  • Zoonoses / microbiology
  • Zoonoses / transmission

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial