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Case Reports
. 2020;26(4):815-816.
doi: 10.3201/eid2604.191251.

Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil

Stefan Vilges de Oliveira, Álvaro A Faccini-Martínez, Talita Emile Ribeiro Adelino, Ana Íris de Lima Duré, Amalia R M Barbieri, Marcelo B Labruna
Case Reports

Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil

Stefan Vilges de Oliveira et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020.

Abstract

We report a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a man in Brazil without recent history of tick bites or environmental exposure. He received an accidental needlestick while working as a nurse. The nurse and his patient died. Both cases were confirmed as RMSF by molecular methods.

Keywords: Brazil; RMSF; Rickettsia; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; bacteria; needlestick injuries; rickettsial infections; tickborne diseases; vector-borne infections; zoonoses.

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