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| Medeiros,A.P.; Moura,A.B.; Souza,A.P.; Bellato,V.; Sartor,A.A.; Vieira-Neto,A.; Moraes-Filho,J.; Labruna,M.B.. |
| Bacteria of the Rickettsia genus are agents of Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF), a zoonotic disease which is difficult to diagnose, evolves quickly and can result in death. Antibodies against Rickettsia spp. in horses were studied, by means of Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay (IFAT ≥64), in 150 blood samples taken from animals in two Santa Catarina mesoregions (Planalto Serrano and Vale do Itajaí). The overall occurrence of Rickettsia spp. antibodies in horses was 18.66%, with cross-reactivity occurring in all positive samples for at least two of the species tested. Separately, according to the species, 25 (16.66%) samples were positive for R. rickettsii, 15 (10%) for R. parkeri, 22 (14.66%) for R. amblyommii, 23 (15.33%) for R. rhipicephali, 16 (10.66%) for... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brazilian spotted fever; Rickettsia spp; IFAT; Horses; Santa Catarina. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352013000600019 |
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| Lamas,Cristiane; Favacho,Alexsandra; Rozental,Tatiana; Bóia,Márcio N.; Kirsten,Andrei H.; Guterres,Alexandro; Barreira,Jairo; Lemos,Elba Regina S. de. |
| A lethal case of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is presented. Clinical features were initially of gastrointestinal involvement and evolved with progression to septic shock, meningoencephalitis and death on the 6th day of illness. Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR) was non-reactive. Diagnosis was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the nucleotide sequencing of a fragment of the ompA gene showed 100% homology to Rickettsia rickettsii. BSF has not been reported in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the last three decades, and the present description should alert the clinicians to its presence in urban Rio de Janeiro, and to the differential diagnosis with dengue fever, gastroenteritis, leptospirosis... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brazilian spotted fever; Spotted fever group rickettsia; Rickettsia rickettsii; Lethal case; Rio de Janeiro city; Indirect immunofluorescence; Polymerase chain reaction; Central nervous system involvement. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000200010 |
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| Calic,Simone B.; Galvão,Márcio A.M.; Bacellar,Fátima; Rocha,Christiane M. B. M.; Mafra,Cláudio L.; Leite,Romário C.; Walker,David H.. |
| Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) rickettsiosis is the most common and recognized of the human rickettsioses in Brazil. It is difficult to establish the diagnosis of human rickettsiosis infection by routine microbiologic methods, creating a false idea that Rickettsia and Ehrlichia infections are rare and without importance. New tick-borne diseases, like Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) and Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME), have been described in many countries. These diseases can present symptoms similar to rickettsioses of the spotted fever group, and they are transmitted by ixodid ticks. The first two suspected cases of human ehrlichiosis in Brazil were first considered to be cases of BSF. The differential diagnosis was made at the Minas Gerais... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rickettsioses; Human ehrlichioses; Brazilian spotted fever; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000300011 |
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