DIMITRIS A. KAFETZIS, Helena C. Maltezou, IOANNA CONSTANTOPOULOU, Georgia Antonaki, G. Liapi, IOANNIS MATHIOUDAKIS,
... an association between KS and infection with Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia typhi, Coxiella burnetii or Ehrlichia phagocytophila group.All children who were diagnosed with KS at the University of Athens Second Department of Pediatrics from December, 1999, through November, 2000, were prospectively studied. Paired serum specimens were obtained from all patients and antibody titers against R. conorii, R. typhi, C. burnetii and E. phagocytophila group ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
2001 - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Aurélie Renvoisé, Jean‐Marc Rolain, Cristina Socolovschi, Didier Raoult,
... spotted fever group Rickettsia, typhus group Rickettsia,Rickettsia conorii,Rickettsia slovaca,Rickettsia africae and Rickettsia australis; 643 clinical ... were detected, including 15 Rickettsia africae, nine R. conorii, five Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae, four R. slovaca, two R. australis, ...
Tópico(s): Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
2011 - Oxford University Press | FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
E. John Bell, Herbert G. Stoenner,
... with this group of rickettsias. R. rickettsii and Rickettsia conorii were clearly differentiated from one another by the ... and certain strains of R. rickettsii and the rickettsia from the tick Amblyomma maculatum, but not R. conorii. Two strains of Siberian tick typhus rickettsias, one ... from all other spotted fever strains studied. This rickettsia did, however, give notably high nonreciprocal cross reactions with R. conorii strains and with the rickettsia of Siberian tick typhus. Guinea pig antisera against ...
Tópico(s): Mosquito-borne diseases and control
1960 - American Association of Immunologists | The Journal of Immunology
Devathri Nanayakkara, R.P.V.J. Rajapakse, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Senanayaka A.M. Kularatne,
... those areas. Samples were tested for antibodies against Rickettsia conorii (RC) of the spotted fever group (SFG), Rickettsia typhi (RT) of the typhus group (TG), and ...
Tópico(s): Dermatological diseases and infestations
2013 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
... antigen have been cloned and sequenced from Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia prowazekii, and Rickettsia typhi. Compared with the R. rickettsii sequence, this sequence had a high degree of homology within the coding and control regions (R. conorii, 99.8%; R. prowazekii, 88.1%; R. typhi, ...
Tópico(s): Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
1989 - American Society for Microbiology | Journal of Bacteriology
Timothy J. Ives, Eric L. Marston, Russell L. Regnery, John D. Butts, Thomas C. Majerus,
The in vitro susceptibilities of Rickettsia akari, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia prowazekii, Rickettsia rickettsii, Bartonella elizabethae, Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana to different concentrations of clarithromycin, 14-hydroxy-clarithromycin (the primary metabolite of ... while 14-hydroxy-clarithromycin is active against R. conorii, R. prowazekii and R. rickettsii. Further testing is warranted in animal models and human clinical trials, to examine the activity of both clarithromycin and its primary metabolite and to define further the role of clarithromycin in therapy, particularly of infections caused by obligate intracellular bacteria such as Rickettsia and Bartonella spp.
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2000 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Maria Flaminia Persichetti, Laia Solano‐Gallego, Lorena Serrano, Laura Altet, Stefano Reale, Marisa Masucci, Maria-Grazia Pennisi,
... IgG antibodies against Leishmania infantum, Bartonella henselae, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, Babesia microti, Ehrlichia canis and ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
2016 - BioMed Central | Parasites & Vectors
Véronique Roux, Elena Rydkina, Marina E. Eremeeva, Didier Raoult,
... africae, “Rickettsia mongolotimonae,” Rickettsia sibirica, Rickettsia parken, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia rickettsii, the Thai tick typhus rickettsia, the Israeli ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
1997 - Microbiology Society | International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
S. Alexiou‐Daniel, Afrodite Tea, George Ilonidis, Antonis Ántoniadis,
... fold decrease of the antibody titre for R. conorii. Rickettsia conorii is endemic in Mediterranean area. We describe an ... MSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia conorii [1Raoult D Roux V Rickettsioses as paradigms of ... unusual case of pleurisy associated with antibodies to Rickettsia conorii. A 30-year-old immunocompetent man, a farmer ... millennium. Elsevier, Paris1999: 330-343Google Scholar]. However, as Rickettsia is known to generate cross-reacting antibodies, and no other evidence of R. conorii was found, these symptoms may have been caused ...
Tópico(s): Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
2003 - Elsevier BV | Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Jean‐Marc Rolain, Max Maurin, A. Bryskier, Didier Raoult,
ABSTRACT In vitro activities of telithromycin compared to those of erythromycin against Rickettsia spp., Bartonella spp., Coxiella burnetii , and Ehrlichia chaffeensis were determined. Telithromycin was more active than erythromycin against Rickettsia , Bartonella , and Coxiella burnetii , with MICs of 0.5 μg/ml, 0.003 to 0.015 μg/ml, and 1 μg/ml, respectively, but was inactive against Ehrlichia chaffeensis .
Tópico(s): Rabies epidemiology and control
2000 - American Society for Microbiology | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
... like antigens of strains of Rickettsia africae , Rickettsia conorii , Rickettsia massiliae , Rickettsia akari , Rickettsia sibirica , and Rickettsia slovaca , ...
Tópico(s): Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
1998 - American Society for Microbiology | Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Tsuneo Uchiyama, Takahiro Uchida, David H. Walker,
... fever group rickettsiae, Rickettsia akari, Rickettsia australis, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia rickettsii, and Rickettsia sibrica. Seven of the species- ...
Tópico(s): Mosquito-borne diseases and control
1990 - American Society for Microbiology | Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Yingxin Zhao, Rong Fang, Jing Zhang, Yueqing Zhang, Jeremy Bechelli, Claire Smalley, Gustavo Valbuena, David H. Walker, José A. Oteo, Allan R. Brasier,
... borne infection produced by the α-proteobacterium, Rickettsia conorii . Rickettsia conorii infects vascular endothelial cells producing disseminated plasma leakage, ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2020 - Elsevier BV | American Journal Of Pathology
Roena Sukhiashvili, Ekaterine Zhgenti, Ekaterine Khmaladze, Irma Burjanadze, Paata Imnadze, Ju Jiang, Heidi St. John, Christina M. Farris, Theresa Gallagher, Richard J. Obiso, Allen L. Richards,
... aeschlimannii, R. raoultii, R. slovaca, Rickettsia conorii subsp. conorii, Rickettsia massiliae, and Rickettsia monacensis. Tick samples that were ...
Tópico(s): Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
2020 - Elsevier BV | Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Αnastasia Diakou, Dimitra Sofroniou, Barbara Paoletti, Αndroniki Tamvakis, Stanislav Kolenčík, Dimitris Dimzas, Simone Morelli, Marika Grillini, Donato Traversa,
... in ticks were Anaplasma platys, Rickettsia massiliae, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia felis, Hepatozoon felis and Hepatozoon canis, while Rickettsia ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
2022 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Pathogens
Valentina Virginia Ebani, Simona Nardoni, Michela Maestrini, Stefania Perrucci, Francesca Mancianti,
... to evaluate the occurrence of antibodies against Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, Neospora caninum, Bartonella henselae and Toxoplasma gondii in cats from Tuscany. Ninety-five blood serum samples, previously collected, were analyzed by indirect immunofluorescence assay. Fifty-six (58.94%) cats had antibodies to at least one investigated pathogen: 28 (29.47%) cats were positive for B. henselae, 17 (17.89%) for R. felis, 14 (14.73%) for R. conorii, 14 (14.73%) for T. gondii, 2 (2. ...
Tópico(s): Rabies epidemiology and control
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Animals
Takashi Katayama, Yumiko Furuya, Yuki Yoshida, Ikuo Kaiho,
... common antigen of Rickettsia japonica, Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia prowazekii. Primers R1, R2 were ... genomic DNA from R. japonica, R.rickettsii, R. conorii, Thai tick typhus TT-118, Rickettsia sibirica, Rickettsia rnontana, Rickettsia askari, R. typhi, R. ...
Tópico(s): Viral Infections and Vectors
1996 - | Kansenshogaku zasshi
Anugya Mittal, Marcus L. Elias, Robert A. Schwartz, Rajendra Kapila,
... rickettsii. Other eschar causing rickettsioses such as Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia africae, and Orientia tsutsugamushi are commonly diagnosed in ...
Tópico(s): Leptospirosis research and findings
2021 - Wiley | Dermatologic Therapy
Elena Rydkina, Abha Sahni, David J. Silverman, Sangita Sahni,
The Gram-negative intracellular bacteria Rickettsia conorii and Rickettsia typhi are the aetiological agents of Mediterranean spotted fever and endemic typhus, respectively, in humans. Infection of endothelial cells (ECs) lining vessel ... composed primarily of p65-p50 heterodimers. Whilst R. conorii infection induced increased phosphorylation of p38 kinase (threefold mean induction) with the maximal response at 3 h, a considerably less-intense response peaking at about 6 h post-infection was found with R. typhi. Furthermore, mRNA expression of the chemokines interleukin (IL)-8 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in ECs infected with either Rickettsia species was higher than the corresponding controls, but ...
Tópico(s): Mosquito-borne diseases and control
2007 - Microbiology Society | Journal of Medical Microbiology
Shirley Daniel, K Manika, M Arvanmdou, Antonis Ántoniadis,
Seroepidemical surveys concerning the prevalence of Rickettsia conorii and Rickettsia typhi have never been studied in northern Greece. We examined 1,584 sera samples from residents of northern Greece for the detection of antibodies to R. conorii and to R. typhi by means of immunofluorescence ...
Tópico(s): Leptospirosis research and findings
2002 - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

C. Kuyler Doyle, Marcelo B. Labruna, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Yi‐Wei Tang, Richard E. Corstvet, Barbara C. Hegarty, Karen C. Bloch, Ping Li, David H. Walker, Jere W. McBride,
... rickettsial organisms including Anaplasma platys, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Rickettsia conorii, or Rickettsia typhi. High species specificity was attained as each ... rickettsial organisms including Anaplasma platys, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Rickettsia conorii, or Rickettsia typhi. High species specificity was attained as each ... closely related organisms, Anaplasma platys, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Rickettsia conorii, and Rickettsia typhi. The analytical sensitivity of the dsb real- ...
Tópico(s): Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
2005 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
Zuzana Sekeyová, Véronique Roux, Didier Raoult,
... PS120-protein-encoding gene, first described in Rickettsia conorii and Rickettsia japonica. Sequence analysis of a 3030 bp fragment ... Rickettsia parkeri, strain S, Rickettsia africae, the R. conorii complex, Rickettsia slovaca, Rickettsia honei, R. rickettsii, R. japonica and ...
Tópico(s): Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
2001 - Microbiology Society | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
F. Bellido, Jean-Claude Péchère,
... been tested against intracellular pathogens: Legionella species, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia rickettsii, and Brucella melitensis are very sensitive; Chlamydia ...
Tópico(s): Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
1989 - Oxford University Press | Clinical Infectious Diseases
Hua-Wei Chen, Giulia Weissenberger, Erin Atkins, Chien‐Chung Chao, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Wei‐Mei Ching,
... different strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi, Rickettsia typhi, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia rickettsii, Coxiella burnetii, and Bartonella bacilliformis. These genomic ...
Tópico(s): Leptospirosis research and findings
2015 - Hindawi Publishing Corporation | International Journal of Bacteriology
Amel Omezzine-Letaief, H. Tissot Dupont, F. Bahri, M Ernez, Didier Raoult, L Jemni,
... Yersinia pseudo-tuberculosis, Legionella pneumophila, Campylobacter jejuni, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia typhi, Coxiella burnetii, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Afipia felis , ...
Tópico(s): Rabies epidemiology and control
1997 - Elsevier BV | Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses
Sara Andersson, Diane R. Stothard, Paul A. Fuerst, C. G. Kurland,
... A rearranged operon structure was observed in Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia parkeri, Rickettsia sibirica, Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia amblyomii, Rickettsia ...
Tópico(s): RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
1999 - Oxford University Press | Molecular Biology and Evolution
Maria Grazia Pennisi, Regina Hofmann‐Lehmann, Alan Radford, Séverine Tasker, Sándór Belák, Diane Addie, Corine Boucraut‐Baralon, Herman Egberink, Tadeusz Frymus, Tim Gruffydd-Jones, Katrin Hartmann, Marian C. Horzinek, Margaret J. Hosie, Albert Lloret, Hans Lutz, Fulvio Marsilio, Étienne Thiry, Uwe Truyen, Karin Möstl,
... species ( A phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia ewingii, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia rickettsii, Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi and Candidatus Neoehrlichia ...
Tópico(s): Bartonella species infections research
2017 - SAGE Publishing | Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
Ilaria Pascucci, Marco Di Domenico, Valentina Curini, Antonio Cocco, Daniela Averaimo, Nicola D’Alterio, Cesare Cammà,
... gltA. Rickettsia slovaca, Rickettsia monacensis, Rickettsia massiliae, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia aeschlimannii, Rickettsia helvetica, Rickettsia raoultii, and Rickettsia felis – ...
Tópico(s): Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
2019 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Microorganisms
Archimedes Lee D. Agahan, Torres, Graciana Fuentes-Páez, Martinez-Osorio, Orduna, Margarita Calonge,
... Rickettsia infection and review published literature. Methods: Rickettsia conorii or Rickettsia spp . infection was diagnosed based on the following ... can occur as the main manifestation of Rickettsia conorii or Rickettsia spp . infection. It should be considered as a ... Rickettsia infection. Keywords: intraocular inflammation, Mediterranean spotted fever, Rickettsia conorii , uveitis
Tópico(s): Leptospirosis research and findings
2011 - Dove Medical Press | Clinical ophthalmology
Philippe Brouqui, Philippe Parola, Pierre‐Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult,
... of the world. Tick-borne agents include Rickettsia conorii israelensis, Rickettsia conorii caspia, Rickettsia aeschlimannii, Rickettsia slovaca, Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae and Rickettsia ...
Tópico(s): Mosquito-borne diseases and control
2007 - Oxford University Press | FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology