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Case Reports
. 2017 Jul;23(7):1214-1216.
doi: 10.3201/eid2307.170188.

Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae Infection, Turkey, 2016

Ferit Kuscu, Omer Orkun, Aslihan Ulu, Behice Kurtaran, Suheyla Komur, A Seza Inal, Damla Erdogan, Yesim Tasova, Hasan S Z Aksu
Case Reports

Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae Infection, Turkey, 2016

Ferit Kuscu et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jul.

Abstract

In 2016, Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae was diagnosed for a man in Turkey. He had been bitten by a Hyalomma marginatum tick, from which PCR detected rickettsial DNA. Sequence analysis of the DNA identified R. sibirica mongolitimonae. Immunofluorescence assay of patient serum indicated R. conorii, which cross-reacts. PCR is recommended for rickettsiosis diagnoses.

Keywords: Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae; Turkey; bacteria; human; spotted fever group rickettsiae; ticks; vector-borne infections.

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