Zaharia M., Popescu C. P., Florescu S. A., Ceausu E., Raoult Didier, Parola P., Socolovschi C. (2016). Rickettsia massiliae infection and SENLAT syndrome in Romania. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 7 (5), p. 759-762. ISSN 1877-959X.
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Rickettsia massiliae infection and SENLAT syndrome in Romania
Zaharia M., Popescu C. P., Florescu S. A., Ceausu E., Raoult Didier, Parola P., Socolovschi C.
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Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2016,
7 (5), p. 759-762 ISSN 1877-959X
The purpose of this prospective study is to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of rickettsioses in Romania, where only Rickettsia conorii is known by clinicians but new Rickettsia species have been identified recently in ticks. A total of eight patients, including a nine-year-old child, were included between June 2011 and June 2012, in the Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Bucharest, Romania. Seven cases presented during summer months and one in spring. Six patients presented a generalized rash with fever, myalgia and skin eschar. The last two patients presented a typical SENLAT syndrome, characterized by scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy. Using serological tools, we confirmed for the first time two cases of Rickettsia massiliae, the agent of spotted fever disease, and one case of Rickettsia slovaca, and one case of R. slovacaRickettsia raoultii the agents of SENLAT syndrome.
