TY - JOUR
T1 - Spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais State
AU - Galvão, Márcio Antônio Moreira
AU - Calic, Simone Berger
AU - Chamone, Chequer Buffe
AU - Cláudio Lísias Mafra, S.
AU - Filho, Gracco Cesarino
AU - Olano, Juan Pablo
AU - Walker, David Hughes
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Brazilian spotted fever
KW - Rickettsia felis
KW - Rickettsia rickettsii
KW - Rickettsia typhi
KW - Rickettsiosis
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U2 - 10.1590/S0037-86822003000400008
DO - 10.1590/S0037-86822003000400008
M3 - Article
C2 - 12937725
AN - SCOPUS:0042510747
SN - 0037-8682
VL - 36
SP - 479
EP - 481
JO - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
JF - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
IS - 4
ER -