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First report of African tick-bite fever in a South American traveler

2018; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 6; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/2050313x18775301

ISSN

2050-313X

Autores

Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami, Felipe da Silva Krawczak, Fernanda A. Nieri-Bastos, Fabiana Cristina Pereira dos Santos, Claudio Medorima, Mariângela Ribeiro Resende, Marcelo B. Labruna,

Tópico(s)

Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Resumo

We report a clinical case of African tick-bite fever in a Brazilian traveler right after his return from South Africa. Definitive diagnosis was supported by seroconversion between acute-phase and convalescent-phase serum samples, detection of rickettsial DNA in skin lesions, and in vitro culture of Rickettsia africae from the patient's skin. Most of the previous reported cases of African tick-bite fever were confirmed solely by serological or/and molecular methods. Through this first confirmed case of African tick-bite fever in Brazil, it is quite possible that other cases are occurring unnoticed by the health authorities, requiring a greater vigilance in traveler's medicine in South America.

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