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Diagnosis of Queensland tick typhus and African tick bite fever by PCR of lesion swabs.

ABSTRACT: We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive.

SUBMITTER: Wang JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2727311 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diagnosis of Queensland tick typhus and African tick bite fever by PCR of lesion swabs.

Wang Jin Mei JM   Hudson Bernard J BJ   Watts Matthew R MR   Karagiannis Tom T   Fisher Noel J NJ   Anderson Catherine C   Roffey Paul P  

Emerging infectious diseases 20090601 6

We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive. ...[more]

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