Estimation of Rickettsia rickettsii copy number in the blood of patients with Rocky Mountain spotted fever suggests cyclic diurnal trends in bacteraemia

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016 Apr;22(4):394-396. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.12.019. Epub 2015 Dec 25.

Authors

C Kato¹, I Chung², C Paddock²

Affiliations

¹ Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Electronic address: CKato@cdc.gov.
² Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PMID: 26724989
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.12.019

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / microbiology*
Bacterial Load*
Circadian Rhythm
Humans
Rickettsia rickettsii / isolation & purification*
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / microbiology*