Rickettsia Sibirica Mongolitimonae Infections in Spain and Case Review of the Literature

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2024 Dec 23

PMID 39715072

Authors

Sonia Santibanez

Jose Manuel Ramos-Rincon

Paula Santibanez

Cristina Cervera-Acedo

Isabel Sanjoaquin

Encarnacion Ramirez de Arellano

Sara Guillen

Maria Del Carmen Lozano

Marta Llorente

Mario Puerta-Pena

Elena Aura Bularca

Alejandro Gonzalez-Praetorius

Isabel Escribano

Lorenzo Sanchez

Valvanera Ibarra

Jorge Alba

Ana M Palomar

Antonio Beltran

Aranzazu Portillo

Jose A Oteo

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Abstract

Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae is an emerging cause of tickborne rickettsiosis. Since the bacterium was first documented as a human pathogen in 1996, a total of 69 patients with this infection have been reported in the literature. Because of the rising rate of R. sibirica mongolitimonae infection cases, we evaluated the epidemiologic and clinical features of 29 patients who had R. sibirica mongolitimonae infections confirmed during 2007-2024 at the Center for Rickettsiosis and Arthropod-Borne Diseases, the reference laboratory of San Pedro University Hospital-Center for Biomedical Research of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain. We also reviewed all cases published in the literature during 1996-2024, evaluating features of 94 cases of R. sibirica mongolitimonae infection (89 in Europe, 4 in Africa, and 1 in Asia). Clinicians should consider R. sibirica mongolitimonae as a potential causative agent of rickettsiosis, and doxycycline should be administered promptly to avoid clinical complications.

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