Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis in Kidney Transplant Recipient, North Carolina, USA, 2023

Abstract

Spotted fever rickettsiosis is rarely observed in solid organ transplant recipients, and all previously reported cases have been associated with tick bite months to years after transplantation. We describe a kidney transplant recipient in North Carolina, USA, who had a moderately severe Rickettsia parkeri infection develop during the immediate posttransplant period.

Keywords

• Rickettsia
• bacteria
• vector-borne infections
• Rickettsia parkeri
• rickettsiosis
• kidney transplant