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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2005, p. 3558-3559, Vol. 43, No. 7
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3558-3559.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Simultaneous Detection of "Rickettsia mongolotimonae" in a Patient and in a Tick in Greece

Anna Psaroulaki,1* Antonis Germanakis,2 Achilleas Gikas,1 Efstathia Scoulica,1 and Yannis Tselentis1

Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses, and Geographical Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece,1 The General Hospital of Sitia, Crete, Greece2

Received 30 June 2004/ Returned for modification 16 January 2005/ Accepted 3 April 2005

Rickettsia conorii, a spotted fever group rickettsia which is transmitted by Rhipicephalus sp. complex ticks, was considered until now the only pathogenic rickettsia prevalent in Greece. Here, we report the presence of "Rickettsia mongolotimonae" (proposed name) detected simultaneously in a patient and in a Hyalomma anatolicum excavatum tick, sampled on the patient.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, and Geographical Medicine, Collaborating Center of WHO Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion of Crete, P.O. Box 1393, TK 71409 Crete, Greece. Phone: 30 2 810 394 743. Fax: 30 2810 394740. E-mail: annapsa{at}med.uoc.gr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2005, p. 3558-3559, Vol. 43, No. 7
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.7.3558-3559.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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