کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3392960 1221305 2014 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Rickettsioses and Q fever in travelers (2004–2013)
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروبیولوژی و بیوتکنولوژی کاربردی
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Rickettsioses and Q fever in travelers (2004–2013)
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryRickettsioses (also called typhus) are associated with arthropods, including ticks, mites, fleas, and lice, although Q fever is more frequently acquired through the inhalation of contaminated aerosols or the consumption of milk. These zoonoses first emerged in the field of travel medicine 20 years ago. Here, we review rickettsioses and Q fever in travelers, highlighting cases reported in the past decade. African tick bite fever and Mediterranean spotted fever are the two most frequent spotted fevers. While the presentation of these fevers is typically benign, cardiac and neurological complications due to African tick bite fever have been reported, and Mediterranean spotted fever has been complicated by multi-organ failure and death in a few cases. Murine typhus and Q fever remain difficult to recognize and diagnose because these illnesses often present with only fever. New molecular tools, particularly when deployed with samples obtained from eschar swabs, might be easily implemented in laboratories with PCR facilities. Doxycycline must be introduced upon clinical suspicion of rickettsioses or Q fever and should be considered in cases of fever of unknown origin in travelers who are returning from at-risk geographic areas.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 12, Issue 5, September–October 2014, Pages 443–458
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