Epidemiological Study of Rickettsial Infections in Patients with Hypertransaminemia in Madrid (Spain)
Authors
Lledó García, María Lourdes; Gegúndez Cámara, María Isabel; Beltrán Dubón, María; Saz Pérez, José Vicente; González, RosarioIdentifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/61149DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6102526
ISSN: 2526-2533
Date
2009-09-28Bibliographic citation
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2009, v. 6, n. 10, p. 2526-2533
Keywords
Rickettsiae
hypertransaminemia
liver dysfunction
prevalence
Spain
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Abstract
A retrospective analysis was performed to detect anti-rickettsial antibodies in the serum of patients with hypertransaminemia of unknown etiology, and in that of healthy members of the general population of Madrid (Spain). Among 143 patients 16 (11.2%) were positive for anti-R. conorii IgG antibodies and 7% for R. typhi. PCR analysis was performed in patients with IgM antibodies. Among 143 healthy subjects from the general population, seven (4.9%) were positive for anti-R. conorii IgG antibodies, and 2.8% for R. typhi. These results show that anti-rickettsial antibodies are more commonly detected in patients with hypertransaminemia than in healthy people.
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