Characterization and comparison of Australian human spotted fever group rickettsiae.

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.

journal_name

J Clin Microbiol

authors

Baird RW,Lloyd M,Stenos J,Ross BC,Stewart RS,Dwyer B

doi

10.1128/JCM.30.11.2896-2902.1992

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-11-01 00:00:00

pages

2896-902

issue

11

eissn

0095-1137

issn

1098-660X

journal_volume

30

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