| prospective evaluation of rickettsioses in the trakya (european) region of turkey and atypic presentations of rickettsia conorii. | in 2004 between the months of may-november, 11 patients with spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsioses were admitted to the trakya university hospital in edirne, turkey. sfg rickettsioses were diagnosed clinically. before treatment, punch biopsy from skin lesions, especially from the eschar, was performed. serum specimens were tested by ifa using a panel of nine rickettsial antigens, including sfg rickettsiae and r. typhi. western blotting and standard pcr were also performed. the average age of t ... | 2006 | 17114703 |