<i>Rickettsia monacensis</i>and Human Disease, Spain
Isabel Jado(Centro Nacional de Microbiologia), José A. Oteo(Centro de Alta Resolución San Millán), Mikel Aldámiz(Hospital Txagorritxu), Horacio Gil(Centro Nacional de Microbiologia), Raquel Escudero(Centro Nacional de Microbiologia), Valvanera Ibarra(Centro de Alta Resolución San Millán), Joseba Portu(Hospital Txagorritxu), Aránzazu Portillo(Centro de Alta Resolución San Millán), María J. Lezaún(Hospital Txagorritxu), Cristina García‐Amil(Centro Nacional de Microbiologia), Isabel Rodríguez-Moreno(Centro Nacional de Microbiologia), Pedro Anda(Centro Nacional de Microbiologia)
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Abstract
We identified Rickettsia monacensis as a cause of acute tickborne rickettsiosis in 2 humans. Its pathogenic role was assessed by culture and detection of the organism in patients' blood samples. This finding increases the number of recognized human rickettsial pathogens and expands the known geographic distribution of Mediterranean spotted fever-like cases.
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