Clinical and laboratorial evidence of Rickettsia felis infections in Latin America

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Márcio Antônio Moreira Galvão²  Cláudio Mafra¹  Chequer Buffe Chamone¹  Simone Berger Calic¹  Jorge E. Zavala-velazquez¹  David Hughes Walker¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Escola de Nutrição Departamento de Nutrição Clínica e SocialOuro Preto MG

关键词: Rickettsia felis;    Rickettsioses;    Latin America;    Rickettsia felis;    Rickettsioses;    Latin America;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822004000300009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

After the discovery and initial characterization of Rickettsia felis in 1992 by Azad and cols, and the subsequent first description of a human case of infection in 1994, there have been two communications of human rickettsiosis cases caused by Rickettsia felis in Latin America. The first one was published in 2000 by Zavala-Velazquez and cols in Mexico. In 2001 Raoult and cols described the occurrence of two human cases of Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis in Brazil. In the present discussion these two articles were compared and after the description of the principal signs and symptoms, it was concluded that more studies are needed with descriptions of a greater number of patients to establish the true frequency of the clinical signs and symptoms present in Rickettsia felis rickettsiosis.

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