Usefulness of eschar PCR for diagnosis of scrub typhus

被引：30

作者：

Lee, SH

Kim, DM

Cho, YS

Yoon, SH

Shim, SK

机构：

[1] Chosun Univ, Coll Med, Dept Internal Med, Clin Res Inst, Kwangju 501717, South Korea

[2] Chosun Univ, Coll Med, Div Infect Dis, Clin Res Inst, Kwangju 501717, South Korea

[3] Seonam Univ, Coll Med, Dept Pediat, Kwangju, South Korea

[4] Korea Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Seoul, South Korea

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY | 2006年 / 44卷 / 03期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1128/JCM.44.3.1169-1171.2006

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 [微生物学]; 100705 [微生物与生化药学];

摘要：

We report here on the case of a child who was infected with scrub typhus, and we made the diagnosis according to the serology and by performing PCRs on the child's eschar. The patient was treated with azithromycin, and he did not experience any complications. Performing nested PCR on the eschar might be both a rapid diagnostic test for scrub typhus in the early acute stage and a differential test as to whether or not a scab is a scrub typhus eschar.

引用

页码：1169 / 1171

页数：3

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