title: Three rickettsioses, Darnley Island, Australia.
abstract: We report 3 rickettsioses on Darnley Island, Australia, in the Torres Strait. In addition to previously described cases of Flinders Island spotted fever (Rickettsia honei strain "marmionii"), we describe 1 case of Queensland tick typhus (R. australis) and 2 cases of scrub typhus caused by a unique strain (Orientia tsutsugamushi).
authors.affiliation: The Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Nathan B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Unsworth
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stenos
authors.forename: Antony G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Faa
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Graves
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012285:Orientia tsutsugamushi / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012286:Rickettsia typhi / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012612:Scrub Typhus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004318:Doxycycline