PCR Reliability to Detect Rickettsia rickettsii through Cutaneous Swab and Urine Samples: PCR to confirm Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is an infectious disease confirmed through IgM and IgG determination obtained by indirect immunofluorescence, although it has limited clinical value because it requires up to three weeks to be reliable. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is an alternative for RMSF di...

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主要な著者: García-Cortez, Cynthia Yadira, Alvarez-Hernandez, Gerardo, Bolado-Martínez, Enrique, Candia-Plata, Maria del Carmen, Martínez-Medina, Miguel Ángel
フォーマット: Online
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出版事項: Universidad de Sonora 2022
オンライン・アクセス:https://biotecnia.unison.mx/index.php/biotecnia/article/view/1790
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要約:Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is an infectious disease confirmed through IgM and IgG determination obtained by indirect immunofluorescence, although it has limited clinical value because it requires up to three weeks to be reliable. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is an alternative for RMSF diagnosis in whole blood, but there is less certainty regarding its ability when urine and tissue samples are used. This study aims to estimate the reliability of PCR in skin swab and urine samples obtained from patients with suspected RMSF, comparing it with PCR results from whole blood samples. Samples from 110 suspected RMSF hospitalized patients, between September 2018 and October 2019, were analyzed. Reliability was calculated using the Kappa Coefficient (K). Rickettsia rickettsii was detected in 21 urine samples, finding substantial agreement (K = 0.607, 95% CI (0.385, 0.844)); meanwhile, 3 skin swabs were positive, but without statistical significance (K = 0.417, 95% CI ((-0.338, 1.172).Our findings support that urine PCR is a reliable technique to confirm clinical suspicion of RMSF in hospitalized patients.