Increased Detection of Rickettsialpox in a New York City Hospital Following the Anthrax Outbreak of 2001: Use of Immunohistochemistry for the Rapid Confirmation of Cases in an Era of Bioterrorism

BACKGROUND Rickettsialpox is a self-limited febrile illness with skin lesions that may be mistaken for signs of potentially more serious diseases, such as cutaneous anthrax or chickenpox. The cluster of cutaneous anthrax cases from bioterrorism in October 2001 likely heightened awareness of and conc...

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