1. Candidatus Coxiella massiliensis Infection.
- Author
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Angelakis E, Mediannikov O, Jos SL, Berenger JM, Parola P, and Raoult D
- Subjects
- Animals, Female, Genes, Bacterial, Humans, Male, Phylogeny, Tick-Borne Diseases microbiology, Tick-Borne Diseases transmission, Coxiella classification, Coxiella genetics, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections microbiology, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections transmission, Ticks microbiology
- Abstract
Bacteria genetically related to Coxiella burnetii have been found in ticks. Using molecular techniques, we detected Coxiella-like bacteria, here named Candidatus Coxiella massiliensis, in skin biopsy samples and ticks removed from patients with an eschar. This organism may be a common agent of scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy after tick bite.
- Published
- 2016
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