Case Report: A Fatal Urban Case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Presenting an Eschar in San Jose, Costa Rica
Case Report: A Fatal Urban Case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Presenting an Eschar in San Jose, Costa Rica
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0153
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发表时间：
2012-08-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Taylor, Lizeth
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作者：
Argueello, Ana Patricia;Hun, Laya;Taylor, Lizeth
这项研究报告了哥斯达黎加首例由立克次体引起的落基山斑点热城市人类病例。一名8岁女性在入院4天后在国家儿童医院死亡，一项重要和有意义的观察是存在“焦痂”(黑色丘疹)，这在一些立克次体感染中是典型的，但在落基山斑点热病例中并不常见。
This study reports the first urban human case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, in Costa Rica. An 8-year-old female who died at the National Children's Hospital 4 days after her admission, and an important and significant observation was the presence of an "eschar" (tache noire), which is typical in some rickettsial infections but not frequent in Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases.