Spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais State

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Márcio Antônio Moreira Galvão²  Simone Berger Calic¹  Chequer Buffe Chamone¹  Cláudio Lísias Mafra S.¹  Gracco Cesarino Filho¹  Juan Pablo Olano¹  David Hughes Walker¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Departamento de Nutrição Clínica e Social Ouro Preto MG ,Brazil

关键词: Rickettsiosis;    Brazilian spotted fever;    Rickettsia rickettsii;    Rickettsia typhi;    Rickettsia felis;    Rickettsiose;    Febre Maculosa;    Rickettsia rickettsii;    Rickettsia typhi;    Rickettsia felis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822003000400008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We report cases of spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The cases occurred in May and June of 2000. During this period there were two deaths among children from an area named Pedreira in a periurban area of this municipality. In a boy who died with clinical manifestations of Brazilian spotted fever, a necropsy revealed the presence of a spotted fever group Rickettsia. The serological results confirm the difficulty in the differential diagnosis of patients with symptoms of rickettsial diseases.

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