TY - JOUR
T1 - Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Panama
AU - Estripeaut, Dora
AU - Aramburú, María Gabriela
AU - Sáez-Llorens, Xavier
AU - Thompson, Herbert A.
AU - Dasch, Gregory A.
AU - Paddock, Christopher D.
AU - Zaki, Sherif
AU - Eremeeva, Marina E.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues. Molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the isolate to strains of R. rickettsii from Central and South America.
AB - We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues. Molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the isolate to strains of R. rickettsii from Central and South America.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36249028821&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1311.070931
DO - 10.3201/eid1311.070931
M3 - Article
C2 - 18217566
AN - SCOPUS:36249028821
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 13
SP - 1763
EP - 1765
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 11
ER -