A 47-year-old man presented to the emergency department with fever, chills, drenching
sweats and erythema over his left buttock and groin. He was taking cephalexin, which had …

All currently available assays for antibodies to the etiologic agents of spotted fever group
rickettsioses detect reactivity with antigens of lipopolysaccharides and the major cell wall …

Rickettsioses are among the most frequent causes of febrile diseases in travelers, as shown
in several studies in the last years. Furthermore, since 1991, with the introduction of new …

Spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFG) are a neglected group of bacteria, belonging to the
genus Rickettsia, that represent a large number of new and emerging infectious diseases …

Serum specimens from patients at 4 sites in Peru were tested for evidence of spotted fever
group rickettsial infection. Results showed that 30 (18%) of 170 patients had spotted fever …

A healthy 30-year-old man spent a week on safari in Kenya in late February to early March.
He received typhoid and yellow fever vaccines prior to his travel, and took …

Discrepancies in Weil-Felix and Microimmunofluorescence Page 1 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL
MICROBIOLOGY, Feb. 1979, p. 292-293 Vol. 9, No. 2 0095-1137/79/02-0292/02$02.00/0 …

Rickettsia africae is a newly described species which causes African tick bite fever.
Mediterranean spotted fever caused by R. conorii is endemic in the same regions of Africa …

Background Since 2000, the reported prevalence of tick-borne spotted fever rickettsiosis has
increased considerably. We compared the level of antibody reactivity among healthy blood …

Abstract Among 13 suspected Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) cases identified
through an enhanced surveillance program in Tennessee, antibodies to Rickettsia rickettsii …