Rickettsia monacensis and human disease, Spain.
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.
Jado
Isabel
I
Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
Oteo
José A
JA
Aldámiz
Mikel
M
Gil
Horacio
H
Escudero
Raquel
R
Ibarra
Valvanera
V
Portu
Joseba
J
Portillo
Aranzazu
A
Lezaun
María J
MJ
García-Amil
Cristina
C
Rodríguez-Moreno
Isabel
I
Anda
Pedro
P
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