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FATAL CASE OF SPOTTED FEVER IN A PATIENT FROM NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
Oliveira, Stefan Vilges de et al. | Date Issued: 2018
Author
Oliveira, Stefan Vilges de
Costa, Raylene Medeiros Ferreira
Ferreira, Geane
Pereira, Simone Valéria Costa
Amorim, Marinete
Monteiro, Maria Fernanda Melo
Alves, Leucio Câmara
Gazeta, Gilberto Salles
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Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Brasília, DF, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Referência Nacional para Vetores das Riquetsioses,. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil..
Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de Pernambuco. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Referência Nacional para Vetores das Riquetsioses,. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil..
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Referência Nacional para Vetores das Riquetsioses,. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil..
Abstract
Spotted fevers are diseases caused by bacterial agents belonging to the spotted-fever (SF) group of the genus Rickettsia. The first documented case of SF in Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil, was reported here. Also, it is the first case described of fatal SF in Northeast region of Brazil. The patient was a resident of Arcoverde municipality and the probable site of infection lies in Sertania municipality, both in Pernambuco State, a semi-arid region of Brazil. The patient had not visited other areas where SF is endemic. The patient showed clinical manifestations and epidemiological exposure compatible with SF, and the infection was confirmed by molecular biology techniques.
Keywords in Portuguese
Rickettsia
Diagnóstico Diferencial
Doenças Transmitidas por Carrapatos
Semi-árido Brasileiro
Bioma Caatinga
 
Keywords
Rickettsia
Differential diagnosis
Tick-borne diseases
Brazilian semi-arid
Caatinga biome
 
Publisher
Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Citation
OLIVEIRA, Stefan Vilges de; et al. Fatal case of spotted fever in a patient from Northeastern Brazil. Rev Inst Med Trop São Paulo, v.60, :e21, 4p, Mar. 2018.
DOI
10.1590/s1678-9946201860021
ISSN
0036-4665