@article{fdi:010062677,
  title = {{M}olecular identification of pathogenic bacteria in eschars from acute febrile patients, {S}enegal},
  author = {{M}ediannikov, {O}leg and {S}ocolovschi, {C}. and {M}illion, {M}. and {S}okhna, {C}heikh and {B}assene, {H}. and {D}iatta, {G}. and {F}enollar, {F}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{F}ever caused by {R}ickettsia fells was recently shown to play an important role in infectious diseases morbidity in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica. {W}e collected 68 cotton swabs from fever-associated eschars in four different regions of {S}enegal. {I}n 5 of 68 eschar samples (7.4%), we have identified {DNA} from {R}. felis. {I}n 49 of 68 eschar samples (72.1%), we have identified {DNA} from {S}taphylococcus aureus. {I}n 35 of 68 eschar samples (51.5%), we have identified {DNA} from {S}treptococcus pyogenes, and in 4 of 68 eschar samples (5.9%), we have identified {DNA} from {S}treptococcus pneumoniae. {I}n 34 cases, {S}. aureus was found together with {S}. pyogenes. {DNA} from {R}. fells was also found in swabs from the skin of the healthy {S}enegalese villagers (3 of 60; 5%) but not {F}rench urbanites. {T}he presence of {S}. aureus and {S}. pyogenes was significantly associated with the presence of eschars in febrile patients compared with the healthy skin from the control group. {F}inally, we confirmed that {S}enegal is an endemic region for {R}. fells, which is found in both eschars and healthy skin swabs.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {91},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {1015--1019},
  ISSN = {0002-9637},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.4269/ajtmh.13-0629},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062677},
}