Detecting rickettsia parkeri infection from eschar swab specimens

Todd Myers; Tahaniyat Lalani; Mike Dent; Ju Jiang; Patrick L. Daly; Jason D. Maguire; Allen L. Richards

doi:10.3201/eid1905.120622

Detecting rickettsia parkeri infection from eschar swab specimens

Todd Myers^*, Tahaniyat Lalani, Mike Dent, Ju Jiang, Patrick L. Daly, Jason D. Maguire, Allen L. Richards

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Abstract

The typical clinical presentation of several spotted fever group Rickettsia infections includes eschars. Clinical diagnosis of the condition is usually made by analysis of blood samples. We describe a more sensitive, noninvasive means of obtaining a sample for diagnosis by using an eschar swab specimen from patients infected with Rickettsia parkeri.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	778-780
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	19
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1905.120622
State	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

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