Phadke GM, Gajurel K, Kasten J, DeLeon-Carnes M, Ramos C, Karpathy SE, Gleaton AN, Adams SN, Annambhotla PD, Basavaraju SV, Williams C, Paddock CD. Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis in Kidney Transplant Recipient, North Carolina, USA, 2023.
Emerg Infect Dis 2024;
30:1459-1462. [PMID:
38916804 PMCID:
PMC11210670 DOI:
10.3201/eid3007.240217]
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Abstract
Spotted fever rickettsiosis is rarely observed in solid organ transplant recipients, and all previously reported cases have been associated with tick bite months to years after transplantation. We describe a kidney transplant recipient in North Carolina, USA, who had a moderately severe Rickettsia parkeri infection develop during the immediate posttransplant period.
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