| rocky mountain spotted fever, panama. | we describe a fatal pediatric case of rocky mountain spotted fever in panama, the first, to our knowledge, since the 1950s. diagnosis was established by immunohistochemistry, pcr, and isolation of rickettsia rickettsii from postmortem tissues. molecular typing demonstrated strong relatedness of the isolate to strains of r. rickettsii from central and south america. | 2007 | 18217566 |
| detection and identification of rickettsial agents in ticks from domestic mammals in eastern panama. | several outbreaks of rocky mountain spotted fever have occurred in recent years in colombian communities close to the border with panama. however, little is known about rickettsiae and rickettsial diseases in eastern panamanian provinces, the darien province and the kuna yala, located north of the endemic area in colombia. in 2007, 289 ticks were collected in several towns from dogs, horses, mules, cows, and pigs. dna was extracted from 124 dermacentor nitens, 64 rhipicephalus sanguineus, 43 amb ... | 2009 | 19645289 |
| Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Panama: a cluster description. | Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne infection caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. We report a cluster of fatal cases of RMSF in 2007 in Panama, involving a pregnant woman and two children from the same family. The woman presented with a fever followed by respiratory distress, maculopapular rash, and an eschar at the site from which a tick had been removed. She died four days after disease onset. This is the second published report of an eschar in a patient confirmed by PCR to be ... | 2011 | 21997944 |