Rickettsia
Chlamydiology and RickettsiologyThe Isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia typhi from Human Blood through Mammalian Cell Culture: a Descriptive Series of 3,227 Samples and Outcomes in the Lao People’s Democratic RepublicIn the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos), rickettsial infections, including scrub and murine typhus, account for a significant burden of fevers. The Mahosot Hospital Microbiology Laboratory in Vientiane, Laos, routinely performs rickettsial isolation from hospitalized patients with suspected rickettsioses using mammalian cell culture systems. We review the clinical and laboratory factors associated with successful...
Chlamydiology and RickettsiologyA Novel TaqMan Assay for Detection of Rickettsia 364D, the Etiologic Agent of Pacific Coast Tick FeverPacific Coast tick fever is a febrile illness associated with the bite of Dermacentor occidentalis and results from an infection due to the intracellular pathogen Rickettsia 364D (also known by the proposed name “Rickettsia philipii”). Current molecular methods for the detection of this...
- MinireviewA Concise Review of the Epidemiology and Diagnostics of Rickettsioses: Rickettsia and Orientia spp.
Rickettsioses are globally distributed and caused by the family Rickettsiaceae, which comprise a diverse and expanding list of organisms. These include two genera, Rickettsia and Orientia.
- Chlamydiology and RickettsiologyMolecular Method for Identification of Rickettsia Species in Clinical and Environmental Samples
- Chlamydiology and RickettsiologyGenetic Differentiation of Chinese Isolates of Rickettsia sibirica by Partial ompA Gene Sequencing and Multispacer Typing
- Chlamydiology and RickettsiologySuicide PCR on Skin Biopsy Specimens for Diagnosis of Rickettsioses
- Chlamydiology and RickettsiologyAneruptive Fever Associated with Antibodies to Rickettsia helvetica in Europe and Thailand