Detecting Rickettsia parkeri Infection from Eschar Swab Specimens

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA577572

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

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  • Naval Medical Research Center

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  • Biomedical

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  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Drug Therapy
  • Health Services
  • Infection
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Lower Extremity
  • Microbiology
  • Public Health
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Signs And Symptoms
  • Tickborne Diseases
  • Ticks
  • United States
  • Wound Infections

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  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology