Three rickettsioses, Darnley Island, Australia

Nathan B Unsworth; John Stenos; Antony G Faa; Stephen R Graves

doi:10.3201/eid1307.050088

Three rickettsioses, Darnley Island, Australia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jul;13(7):1105-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1307.050088.

Authors

Nathan B Unsworth¹, John Stenos, Antony G Faa, Stephen R Graves

Affiliation

¹ The Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

We report 3 rickettsioses on Darnley Island, Australia, in the Torres Strait. In addition to previously described cases of Flinders Island spotted fever (Rickettsia honei strain "marmionii"), we describe 1 case of Queensland tick typhus (R. australis) and 2 cases of scrub typhus caused by a unique strain (Orientia tsutsugamushi).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
Australia
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
Humans
Male
Orientia tsutsugamushi / classification
Orientia tsutsugamushi / immunology
Orientia tsutsugamushi / isolation & purification
Rickettsia / classification
Rickettsia / immunology*
Rickettsia / isolation & purification
Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis*
Rickettsia Infections / drug therapy
Rickettsia Infections / microbiology*
Rickettsia typhi / classification
Rickettsia typhi / immunology
Rickettsia typhi / isolation & purification
Scrub Typhus / diagnosis
Scrub Typhus / drug therapy
Scrub Typhus / microbiology
Species Specificity
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial
Doxycycline