Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection in a woman travelling from Cameroon: a case report and review of the literature

Agathe Nouchi; Gentiane Monsel; Marie Jaspard; Arnaud Jannic; Emmanouil Angelakis; Eric Caumes

doi:10.1093/jtm/tax074

Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae infection in a woman travelling from Cameroon: a case report and review of the literature

J Travel Med. 2018 Jan 1;25(1). doi: 10.1093/jtm/tax074.

Authors

Agathe Nouchi¹, Gentiane Monsel¹, Marie Jaspard¹, Arnaud Jannic¹, Emmanouil Angelakis², Eric Caumes¹

Affiliations

¹ Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
² Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Marseille, France.

PMID: 29394384
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tax074

Abstract

Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae is now a well-known cause of human rickettsial infection, with 52 reported cases, including 47 in southern Europe and one in South Africa. We report the first case of R. sibirica mongolitimonae in Central Africa, likely a sentinel case for a more common disease than originally suspected.

Keywords: Cameroon; Exanthema; Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae; Rickettsiosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Cameroon
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Rickettsia / genetics
Rickettsia / isolation & purification*
Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis*
Travel*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial