Vilges de Oliveira Stefan, Faccini-Martínez Álvaro A, Adelino Talita Emile Ribeiro, de Lima Duré Ana Íris, Barbieri Amalia R M, Labruna Marcelo B
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(4):815-816. doi: 10.3201/eid2604.191251.
We report a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a man in Brazil without recent history of tick bites or environmental exposure. He received an accidental needlestick while working as a nurse. The nurse and his patient died. Both cases were confirmed as RMSF by molecular methods.
我们报告了巴西一名男子患落基山斑疹热(RMSF)的致命病例,该男子近期无蜱虫叮咬史或接触过相关环境。他在担任护士期间意外被针头刺伤。该护士及其患者均死亡。两例病例经分子方法确诊为落基山斑疹热。