Clinical case of spotted fever group rickettsiae

Elena Volchkova; Karina Umbetova; Lyudmila Karan; Yuliya Konnova; Andrew Gorobchenko; Olga Belaia; Elena Burdova

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.09.015

Clinical case of spotted fever group rickettsiae

Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Dec:89:27-29. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.09.015. Epub 2019 Sep 18.

Authors

Elena Volchkova¹, Karina Umbetova², Lyudmila Karan³, Yuliya Konnova¹, Andrew Gorobchenko¹, Olga Belaia¹, Elena Burdova¹

Affiliations

¹ First Moscow Medical University "I.M. Sechenov", 119991, st. Trubetskaya, 8, b. 2, Moscow, Russia.
² First Moscow Medical University "I.M. Sechenov", 119991, st. Trubetskaya, 8, b. 2, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, 111123, st. Novogireevskaya, 3a, Moscow, Russia.

PMID: 31541702
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.09.015

Abstract

We report a Astrakhan ricketsiosis fever in woman who came from Astrakhan. On admission she had fever, intoxication syndrome, exanthema. In complex examination of blood serum by ELISA were reveled IgM and IgG to Rickettsia conorii on the 15th day of the disease.

Keywords: Ricketsiosis; Spotted fever; Tick-borne diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Fever
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood*
Immunoglobulin M / blood*
Middle Aged
Moscow
Rickettsia conorii / immunology*
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / diagnosis*
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis / microbiology

Substances

Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M