Pristinamycin for Rickettsia africae Infection

African tick bite fever is caused by Rickettsia africae. The number of reported cases in international travelers has significantly increased recently. The gold standard treatment is doxycycline. Here, we present a case of R africae infection associated with quick complete resolution following the in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of travel medicine 2009-03, Vol.16 (2), p.136-137
Hauptverfasser:	MECHAI, Frédéric, YUE HAN, GACHOT, Bertrand, CONSIGNY, Paul-Henri, VIARD, Jean Paul, LECUIT, Marc, LORTHOLARY, Olivier
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Africa Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Bacterial diseases Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Female General aspects Human bacterial diseases Human health and pathology Humans Infectious diseases Ixodidae Life Sciences Medical sciences Microbiology and Parasitology Pharmacology. Drug treatments Polymerase Chain Reaction Pristinamycin Pristinamycin - administration & dosage Rickettsia Rickettsia - isolation & purification Rickettsia africae Rickettsia Infections Rickettsia Infections - diagnosis Rickettsia Infections - drug therapy Rickettsia Infections - microbiology Rickettsial diseases Travel Treatment Outcome Tropical bacterial diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	African tick bite fever is caused by Rickettsia africae. The number of reported cases in international travelers has significantly increased recently. The gold standard treatment is doxycycline. Here, we present a case of R africae infection associated with quick complete resolution following the initiation of pristinamycin therapy.
ISSN:	1195-1982 1708-8305
DOI:	10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00290.x