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. 2017 Jul;61(7):258-263.
doi: 10.1111/1348-0421.12496.

First isolation of Rickettsia monacensis from a patient in South Korea

Yeon-Sook Kim  1 , Yeon-Joo Choi  2 , Kyung-Min Lee  2   3 , Kyu-Joong Ahn  4 , Heung-Chul Kim  5 , Terry Klein  6 , Ju Jiang  7 , Allen Richards  7 , Kyung-Hee Park  2 , Won-Jong Jang  2
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First isolation of Rickettsia monacensis from a patient in South Korea

Yeon-Sook Kim et al. Microbiol Immunol. 2017 Jul.
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Abstract

A Rickettsia sp. was isolated from the blood of a patient with an acute febrile illness using the shell vial technique; the isolate was named CN45Kr and was identified by molecular assay as Rickettsia monacensis, which was first recognized as a pathogen in Spain. Sequencing analysis showed that the gltA sequence of the isolate was identical to that of Rickettsia sp. IRS3. The ompA-5mp fragment sequence showed 100% identity to those of R. monacensis and Rickettsia sp. In56 and ompA-3pA In56 and 100% identity to that of Rickettsia sp. IRS3. The ompB sequence was found to have 99.9% similarity to that of R. monacensis IrR/Munich. This study confirms the pathogenicity of this agent and provides additional information about its geographic distribution.

Keywords: Rickettsia monacensis; South Korea; isolation; spotted fever group rickettsia.

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