title: Rickettsia monacensis and human disease, Spain.
abstract: We identified Rickettsia monacensis as a cause of acute tickborne rickettsiosis in 2 humans. Its pathogenic role was assessed by culture and detection of the organism in patients' blood samples. This finding increases the number of recognized human rickettsial pathogens and expands the known geographic distribution of Mediterranean spotted fever-like cases.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jado
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oteo
authors.forename: Mikel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aldámiz
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Escudero
authors.forename: Valvanera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ibarra
authors.forename: Joseba
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Portu
authors.forename: Aranzazu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Portillo
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lezaun
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-Amil
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Moreno
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anda
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology