Tick-borne relapsing fever imported from West Africa: diagnosis by quantitative buffy coat analysis and in vitro culture of Borrelia crocidurae.

Abstract:

:West African tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is difficult to diagnose due to the low number of spirochetes in the bloodstream of patients. Previously, the causative microorganism, Borrelia crocidurae, had never been cultured in vitro. TBRF was rapidly diagnosed for two patients returning from western Africa with fever of unknown origin by quantitative buffy coat (QBC) analysis. Diagnosis was confirmed by intraperitoneal inoculation of blood specimens from patients into laboratory mice. In vitro experiments showed that QBC analysis may be as much as 100-fold more sensitive than thick smear. Spirochetes were also cultured from blood samples from both patients in modified Kelly's medium and were identified as B. crocidurae by partial sequencing of the PCR-amplified rrs gene.

journal_name

J Clin Microbiol

authors

van Dam AP,van Gool T,Wetsteyn JC,Dankert J

doi

10.1128/JCM.37.6.2027-2030.1999

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-06-01 00:00:00

pages

2027-30

issue

6

eissn

0095-1137

issn

1098-660X

journal_volume

37

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