DISEASE: Rickettsialpox

Entry

H02379                      Disease

Name

Rickettsialpox

Description

Rickettsialpox is an infectious disease caused by Rickettsia akari, an intracellular gram-negative bacteria, and transmitted by the house mouse mite, Liponyssoides sanguineus. It was initially described in 1946 in New York City and has been reported, mostly in urban environments in the United States, South Africa, Korea, and parts of Russia.

Category

Infectious disease

Brite

Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
  Infections caused by alpha proteobacteria
   H02379  Rickettsialpox
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Other bacterial diseases
   Rickettsioses
    1C32  Rickettsialpox
     H02379  Rickettsialpox

Pathogen

Rickettsia akari [GN:rak]

Drug

Doxycycline [DR:D00307]
Doxycycline hyclate [DR:D02129]

Other DBs

ICD-11:

1C32

MeSH:

D000073605

Reference

PMID:8727130

Authors

Heymann WR

Title

Rickettsialpox.

Journal

Clin Dermatol 14:279-82 (1996)
DOI:10.1016/0738-081x(96)00012-0

Reference

PMID:15577753

Authors

Saini R, Pui JC, Burgin S

Title

Rickettsialpox: report of three cases and a review.

Journal

J Am Acad Dermatol 51:S137-42 (2004)
DOI:10.1016/j.jaad.2004.03.036

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