TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic tests for rocky mountain spotted fever and other rickettsial diseases
AU - Dumler, J. S.
AU - Walker, D. H.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Rickettsial diseases continue to confound physicians because of their usually sporadic occurrence and nonspecific clinical presentation. In past years, diagnosis was confirmed only during convalescence; however, newer, more widely available methods, such as antigen detection and improved in vitro cultivation, have enabled a diagnosis at a time when therapeutic decisions are made. Molecular nucleic acid-based techniques have also expanded the spectrum of etiologic agents and illnesses caused by rickettsiae.
AB - Rickettsial diseases continue to confound physicians because of their usually sporadic occurrence and nonspecific clinical presentation. In past years, diagnosis was confirmed only during convalescence; however, newer, more widely available methods, such as antigen detection and improved in vitro cultivation, have enabled a diagnosis at a time when therapeutic decisions are made. Molecular nucleic acid-based techniques have also expanded the spectrum of etiologic agents and illnesses caused by rickettsiae.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0733-8635(18)30199-2
DO - 10.1016/s0733-8635(18)30199-2
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8143383
AN - SCOPUS:0028126066
SN - 0733-8635
VL - 12
SP - 25
EP - 36
JO - Dermatologic clinics
JF - Dermatologic clinics
IS - 1
ER -