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Comparative Study
. 1992 Nov;30(11):2896-902.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.30.11.2896-2902.1992.

Characterization and comparison of Australian human spotted fever group rickettsiae

R W Baird  1 , M Lloyd, J Stenos, B C Ross, R S Stewart, B Dwyer
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Comparative Study

Characterization and comparison of Australian human spotted fever group rickettsiae

R W Baird et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Nov.

Abstract

The microbiological and molecular characteristics of the rickettsiae isolated from humans with Queensland tick typhus (QTT) caused by Rickettsia australis and the recently described Flinders Island spotted fever (FISF) were compared. Clinically and serologically, the diseases are similar. Cell culture reveals differences in the plaque-forming abilities of the isolates. Characterization of the gene encoding the genus-specific 17-kDa antigen of R. australis revealed a unique nucleotide sequence unlike those of the FISF isolate and Rickettsia rickettsii. Southern blot analysis of rickettsial DNA from the isolates with a 17-kDa-antigen gene probe revealed the presence of this gene in all isolates but no difference in banding patterns. When a probe for the rRNA genes was used, clear differences in banding patterns of isolates from patients with QTT and FISF were revealed. Thus, the rickettsiae isolated from patients with FISF differ from those from patients with QTT and may represent a new rickettsial species.

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