Spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais State.
We report cases of spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The cases occurred in May and June of 2000. During this period there were two deaths among children from an area named Pedreira in a periurban area of this municipality. In a boy who died with clinical manifestations of Brazilian spotted fever, a necropsy revealed the presence of a spotted fever group Rickettsia. The serological results confirm the difficulty in the differential diagnosis of patients with symptoms of rickettsial diseases.
Galvão
Márcio Antônio Moreira
MA
Departamento de Nutrição Clínica e Social, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil. mgalvao@enut.ufop.br
Calic
Simone Berger
SB
Chamone
Chequer Buffe
CB
Mafra S
Cláudio Lísias
CL
Cesarino Filho
Gracco
G
Olano
Juan Pablo
JP
Walker
David Hughes
DH
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007075:Immunoglobulin M