Fatal Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection, Israel.

ABSTRACT: Underdiagnosis of fatal spotted fever may be attributed to nonspecific clinical features and insensitive acute-phase serologic studies. We describe the importance of molecular and immunohistochemical methods in establishing the postmortem diagnosis of locally acquired Israeli spotted fever due to Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis in a traveler returning to Israel from India.

SUBMITTER: Weinberger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2600240 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature