Tag: Rickettsial
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Rickettsial eruptive
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Eruptive fevers caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by an arthropod vector. There are 3 main groups: typhus, pimply and Far Eastern. Laboratory: Demonstration of specific IgM of each group by indirect immunofluorescence. Confirmation of the diagnosis is obtained by two serological samples 10 days apart. In practice, the clinical signs…
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Rickettsia
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HISTORY: In 1916 Rocha-Lima discovers the body of a louse parasitizing a patient with typhus, long known disease, microorganisms for which he gives the name of Rickettsia prowazekii, named two bacteriologists died of typhus in studying this disease: Von Prowazek and Ricketts. In similar investigations, other microorganisms neighboring morphology were found, but it is essentially…
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