%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Bechah, Y.
%A Socolovschi, C.
%A Raoult, Didier
%T Identification of rickettsial infections by using cutaneous swab specimens and PCR
%D 2011
%L PAR00006563
%J Emerging Infectious Diseases
%@ 1080-6040
%M ISI:000285904600014
%N 1
%P 83-86
%R 10.3201/eid1701.100854
%U http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00006563
%V 17
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X To determine the usefulness of noninvasive cutaneous swab specimens for detecting rickettsiae, we tested skin eschars from 6 guinea pigs and from 9 humans. Specimens from eschars in guinea pigs were positive for rickettsiae as long as lesions were present. Optimal storage temperature for specimens was 4 degrees C for 3 days.
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