Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Panama.
We describe a fatal pediatric case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. Diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, PCR, and isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues. Molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the isolate to strains of R. rickettsii from Central and South America.
Estripeaut
Dora
D
Hospital del Niño, Panama City, Panama.
Aramburú
María Gabriela
MG
Sáez-Llorens
Xavier
X
Thompson
Herbert A
HA
Dasch
Gregory A
GA
Paddock
Christopher D
CD
Zaki
Sherif
S
Eremeeva
Marina E
ME
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010176:Panama / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy