Case Report: Scrub Typhus and Q Fever Coinfection.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 100(5): 1130-1133, 2019 05.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30915946
A 56-year-old female goat herder had scrub typhus that persisted after receiving doxycycline for 5 days. Her symptoms continued, prompting us to perform further examinations that revealed coinfection of Q fever and scrub typhus via molecular and serological testing. We also isolated Orientia tsutsugamushi using BALB/c mice and L929 cells.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Q Fever
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Scrub Typhus
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Doxycycline
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Coinfection
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article