Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Panama

Dora Estripeaut, María Gabriela Aramburú, Xavier Sáez-Llorens, Herbert A. Thompson, Gregory A. Dasch, Christopher D. Paddock, Sherif Zaki, Marina E. Eremeeva

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1763-1765
Number of pages3
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume13
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2007

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