TY - JOUR AU - Zavala-Castro, Jorge AU - Zavala-Velázquez, Jorge AU - Walker, David AU - Arcila, Edgar Ruiz AU - Laviada-Molina, Hugo AU - Olano, Juan AU - Ruiz-Sosa, José AU - Small, Melissa AU - Dzul-Rosado, Karla T1 - Fatal Human Infection with Rickettsia rickettsii, Yucatán, Mexico T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 672 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The first fatal Rickettsia rickettsii infection was diagnosed in the southwest of Mexico. The patient had fever, erythematous rash, abdominal pain, and severe central nervous system involvement with convulsive crisis. The diagnosis of R. rickettsii infection was established by immunohistochemistry and specific polymerase chain reaction. KW - Rocky Mountain spotted fever KW - Rickettsia rickettsii KW - immunohistochemistry KW - molecular diagnostic techniques KW - Mexico DO - 10.3201/eid1204.051282 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/4/05-1282_article ER - End of Reference