Rickdettsia sp. 364D Causing a Cluster of Eschar-associated Illness
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Publication Title
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
DOI
10.1097/INF.0b013e318296b24b
Abstract
We describe the clinical course of the first 3 pediatric cases infected with Rickettsia spp. 364D. Although the pathogen was identified in California ticks decades ago, only recently have human cases been documented. Clinical features are generally mild, characterized by eschar, fever, headache, malaise and lymphadenopathy. Antigenic similarity among rickettsiae leads to cross-reactive antibody responses; definitive diagnosis requires molecular methods.
Recommended Citation
Johnston, Samantha, Carol A. Glaser, Kerry Ann Padgett, Debra A. Wadford, Alex Espinosa, Natasha Espinosa, Marina Eremeeva, Karen Tait, Barbara Hobson, Sarit Shtivelman, Charlotte Hsieh, Sharon L. Messenger.
2013.
"Rickdettsia sp. 364D Causing a Cluster of Eschar-associated Illness."
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 32 (9): 1036-1039.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318296b24b
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/environ-health-facpubs/37
