Diagnosis of Queensland tick typhus and African tick bite fever by PCR of lesion swabs.
We report 3 cases of Queensland tick typhus (QTT) and 1 case of African tick bite fever in which the causative rickettsiae were detected by PCR of eschar and skin lesions in all cases. An oral mucosal lesion in 1 QTT case was also positive.
Wang
Jin Mei
JM
Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Queensland, Australia.
Hudson
Bernard J
BJ
Watts
Matthew R
MR
Karagiannis
Tom
T
Fisher
Noel J
NJ
Anderson
Catherine
C
Roffey
Paul
P
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011793:Queensland; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013019:South Africa; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology