Labruna Marcelo B, Kamakura Orson, Moraes-Filho Jonas, Horta Mauricio C, Pacheco Richard C
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;15(3):458-60. doi: 10.3201/eid1503.081227.
Clinical illness caused by Rickettsia rickettsii in dogs has been reported solely in the United States. We report 2 natural clinical cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs in Brazil. Each case was confirmed by seroconversion and molecular analysis and resolved after doxycycline therapy.
立氏立克次体引起犬临床疾病的情况仅在美国有报道。我们报告了巴西2例犬落基山斑疹热的自然临床病例。每例病例均通过血清转化和分子分析得以确诊,并在接受强力霉素治疗后痊愈。