Author/Editor		Hren-Vencelj, H; Avšič-Županc, T; Keše, D
Title		Rickettsial infections in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannon Adriat
Vol. and No.		Letnik 5, št. 1
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. 15-9
Language		eng
Abstract		Using indirect immunofluorescence, complement fixation, and enzyme immuno assay Rickettssia conorii and Coxiella burnetii infections were followed in suspected cases of rickettsial disease. The study of patients sera for Rickettsia conorii antibodies elucidated two positive cases with tache noire, and nine cases with pathological skin changes and lymphadenopathy. The immune response to rickettsia antigens was found also in 10 out of 150 patients with an episode of tick bite. Patients with a respiratory disease suffered from Q fever in 25 to 58 percent. In 30 percent of patients sera with symptoms of a viral disease Coxiella burnetii was involved as well as in 19 percent of those with hepatitis and in 24 percent of endocarditis cases.
Descriptors		RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS BOUTONNEUSE FEVER SLOVENIA SERODIAGNOSIS COXIELLA BURNETII