title: Spotted fever rickettsiosis in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais State.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Nutrição Clínica e Social, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil. mgalvao@enut.ufop.br
authors.forename: Márcio Antônio Moreira
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Galvão
authors.forename: Simone Berger
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Calic
authors.forename: Chequer Buffe
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Chamone
authors.forename: Cláudio Lísias
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Mafra S
authors.forename: Gracco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cesarino Filho
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Olano
authors.forename: David Hughes
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007075:Immunoglobulin M