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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
The emergence and reemergence of a serious infectious disease are often associated with a high case-fatality rate because of misdiagnosis and inappropriate or delayed treatment. The current reemergence of spotted fever rickettsiosis caused by Rickettsia rickettsii in Brazil has resulted in a high proportion of fatal cases. We describe two familial clusters of Brazilian spotted fever in the state of Minas Gerais, involving six children 9 months to 15 years of age; five died. Immunohistochemical investigation of tissues obtained at necropsy of a child in each location, Novo Cruzeiro and Coronel Fabriciano municipalities, established the diagnosis by demonstration of disseminated endothelial infection with spotted fever group rickettsiae. The diagnosis in the two fatal cases from Coronel Fabriciano and the surviving patient from Novo Cruzeiro was further supported by immunofluorescence serologic tests.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1080-6040
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1402-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Fatal spotted fever rickettsiosis, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
pubmed:affiliation
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. mgalvao@enut.ufop.br
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article