title: Candidatus Coxiella massiliensis Infection.
abstract: Bacteria genetically related to Coxiella burnetii have been found in ticks. Using molecular techniques, we detected Coxiella-like bacteria, here named Candidatus Coxiella massiliensis, in skin biopsy samples and ticks removed from patients with an eschar. This organism may be a common agent of scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy after tick bite.
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Angelakis
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mediannikov
authors.forename: Sarah-Lyne
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jos
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Berenger
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003381:Coxiella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Candidatus Coxiella massiliensis; Coxiella-like bacteria; SENLAT; bacteria; eschar; parasites; scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy after tick bite; skin biopsy; ticks; vector-borne infections; vectorborne
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