Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;27(4):1245-1247. doi: 10.3201/eid2704.201606.
We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient. Our results indicate that Rocky Mountain spotted fever is emerging in this region.
我们报告了来自巴拿马金坎图、恩加贝-布格勒土著地区的 Rocky Mountain spotted fever 患者的新病例。我们通过向豚鼠腹腔内接种来自一名死亡患者的组织,在细胞培养中分离到了 Rickettsia rickettsii。我们的结果表明,这种疾病正在该地区出现。