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Title: | Fiebre maculosa en Argentina. Descripción de dos casos clínicos | Other Titles: | Spotted fever in Argentina. Description of two clinical cases | Authors: | Armitano, Rita Guillemi, E Escalada, Valeria Govedic, Francisco Lopez, Jose Luis Farber, M Borrás, Pablo Jesús Prieto, Mónica A. |
Keywords: | Rickettsiosis Exantemáticas;Infecciones por Rickettsiaceae | Issue Date: | 27-Mar-2019 | Journal: | Revista Argentina de microbiologia | Abstract: | Rickettsioses are zoonotic tick-borne diseases. In Argentina, there are two epidemiological scenarios: jungle of Salta and Jujuy, involving vectors from the "Amblyomma cajennense Complex" (A. sculptum, and A. toneliae) and Rickettsia rickettsii as the main etiological agent; and the second scene to Delta del Rio Paraná and Samborombón Bay, where Amblyomma triste acts as a vector; and the provinces of Córdoba, La Rioja, San Luis and La Pampa where Amblyomma tigrinum is the vector. In this second scenario, Rickettsia parkeri is the causal agent. The spotted fever (SF) due to R. rickettsii is responsible for a severe cutaneous and systemic disease. Contrarily, R. parkeri produces benign and self-limited clinical manifestation. Here we describe a fatal SF case by R. rickettsii, in El Tunal, Salta and the first SF case due to R. parkeri in San Juan. |
Description: | Fil: Armitano, Rita. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Bacteriología. Servicio de Bacteriología Especial; Argentina. Fil: Guillemi, E. INTA, Castellar; Argentina. Fil: Escalada, Valeria. Hospital Dr. Joaquín Castellanos, General Güemes; Argentina. Fil: Govedic, Francisco. Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba; Argentina. Fil: Lopez, Jose Luis. Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba; Argentina. Fil: Farber, M. INTA, Castellar; Argentina. Fil: Borrás, Pablo Jesús. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemo-Epidemias; Argentina. Fil: Prieto, Mónica A. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Bacteriología. Servicio de Bacteriología Especial; Argentina. |
URI: | http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/1850 | ISSN: | 0325-7541 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ram.2018.11.001 | Rights: | Open Access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License |
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