Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: a case report

Allan Krusell; James A Comer; Daniel J Sexton

doi:10.3201/eid0807.010501

Rickettsialpox in North Carolina: a case report

Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Jul;8(7):727-8. doi: 10.3201/eid0807.010501.

Authors

Allan Krusell¹, James A Comer, Daniel J Sexton

Affiliation

¹ Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Northeast Medical Center, Concord, North Carolina, USA.

Abstract

We report a case of rickettsialpox from North Carolina confirmed by serologic testing. To our knowledge, this case is the first to be reported from this region of the United States. Including rickettsialpox in the evaluation of patients with eschars or vesicular rashes is likely to extend the recognized geographic distribution of Rickettsia akari, the etiologic agent of this disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cefazolin / therapeutic use
Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
Doxycycline / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
North Carolina / epidemiology
Rickettsiaceae / isolation & purification*
Rickettsiaceae Infections / diagnosis*
Rickettsiaceae Infections / drug therapy
Rickettsiaceae Infections / epidemiology
Rickettsiaceae Infections / microbiology*
Serologic Tests

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cephalosporins
Cefazolin
Doxycycline