Kho Kai Ling, Koh Fui Xian, Singh Harvinder Kaur Lakhbeer, Zan Hafizatul Anis Mohamed, Kukreja Anjanna, Ponnampalavanar Sasheela, Tay Sun Tee
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Oct 5;95(4):765-768. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0199. Epub 2016 Jul 11.
Limited information is available on the etiological agents of rickettsioses in southeast Asia. Herein, we report the molecular investigation of rickettsioses in four patients attending a teaching hospital in Malaysia. DNA of Rickettsia sp. RF2125, Rickettsia typhi, and a rickettsia closely related to Rickettsia raoultii was detected in the blood samples of the patients. Spotted fever group rickettsioses and murine typhus should be considered in the diagnosis of patients with nonspecific febrile illness in this region.
关于东南亚立克次体病的病原体,目前可用信息有限。在此,我们报告了对马来西亚一家教学医院的4名患者的立克次体病进行的分子调查。在患者的血液样本中检测到了立克次体属RF2125、斑疹伤寒立克次体以及一种与拉乌尔立克次体密切相关的立克次体的DNA。对于该地区非特异性发热疾病患者的诊断,应考虑斑点热群立克次体病和鼠型斑疹伤寒。