title: Detecting Rickettsia parkeri infection from eschar swab specimens.
abstract: The typical clinical presentation of several spotted fever group Rickettsia infections includes eschars. Clinical diagnosis of the condition is usually made by analysis of blood samples. We describe a more sensitive, noninvasive means of obtaining a sample for diagnosis by using an eschar swab specimen from patients infected with Rickettsia parkeri.
authors: Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA. Todd.myers@med.navy.mil
authors: Todd
authors: T
authors: Myers
authors: Tahaniyat
authors: T
authors: Lalani
authors: Mike
authors: M
authors: Dent
authors: Ju
authors: J
authors: Jiang
authors: Patrick L
authors: PL
authors: Daly
authors: Jason D
authors: JD
authors: Maguire
authors: Allen L
authors: AL
authors: Richards
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
keywords: Eschar; R. parkeri; Rickettsia; Swab; bacteria; diagnosis; diagnostic; vector-borne infections
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