Diagnosis of louse-borne relapsing fever despite negative microscopy in two asylum seekers from Eastern Africa
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
Diagnosis of louse-borne relapsing fever despite negative microscopy in two asylum seekers from Eastern Africa / S. Antinori, C. Tonello, S. Edouard, C. Parravicini, D. Gastaldi, R. Grande, L. Milazzo, D. Ricaboni, F. Fenollar, D. Raoult, M. Corbellino, O. Mediannikov. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. - ISSN 0002-9637. - 97:6(2017 Dec), pp. 1669-1672. [10.4269/ajtmh.17-0320]
Abstract:
We report two cases of louse-borne relapsing fever observed at our Institution in June 2016. Both patients were young asylum seekers from Africa who had recently arrived in Milan, Italy. Notably, direct microscopic examination of peripheral blood smears was repeatedly negative for the presence of spirochetes and the diagnosis, supported by clinical and epidemiologic evidence, required molecular confirmation by polymerase chain reaction amplification of DNA extracted from blood and sequencing of the amplified products.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Borrelia; DNA, Bacterial; Doxycycline; Humans; Italy; Male; Microscopy; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Refugees; Relapsing Fever; Somalia; Sudan; Parasitology; Infectious Diseases; Virology
Elenco autori:
S. Antinori, C. Tonello, S. Edouard, C. Parravicini, D. Gastaldi, R. Grande, L. Milazzo, D. Ricaboni, F. Fenollar, D. Raoult, M. Corbellino, O. Mediannikov
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