Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2020)

Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil

  • Stefan Vilges de Oliveira,
  • Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez,
  • Talita Emile Ribeiro Adelino,
  • Ana Íris de Lima Duré,
  • Amalia R.M. Barbieri,
  • Marcelo B. Labruna

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2604.191251
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 4
pp. 815 – 816

Abstract

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We report a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a man in Brazil without recent history of tick bites or environmental exposure. He received an accidental needlestick while working as a nurse. The nurse and his patient died. Both cases were confirmed as RMSF by molecular methods.

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