Contributions to Rickettsioses Research in Colombia (1917-1943), Luis B. Patiño Camargo

Abstract

SUMMARY Colombian physician Luis

Bartonella quintanaand Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia

“…Within this group, vector-borne diseases caused by bacteria of the genera Bartonella , Rickettsia , and Borrelia are of great importance; louseborne B. quintana is the main microorganism associated with infections in homeless persons ( 1 ). In Colombia, the presence of R. prowazekii , a typhus group rickettsiae (TGR), in lice and related human infections in Bogotá was evident only during 1918–1922 and 1941 ( 2 ). We investigated the presence of B. quintana and TGR in body lice collected from homeless persons in Bogotá and these persons’ exposure to such microorganisms.…”

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Central America and the Caribbean: A One Health Perspective

“…Within the CAC region, clinical cases of RMSF have been documented from Panama and Costa Rica, and the Caribbean coasts of Colombia and Mexico (Table 2) where A. mixtum and R. sanguineus s.l. are the main putative tick vectors [18,91,128,129]. Rickettsia rickettsii has been identified from nymphs of A. mixtum, A. varium, and Haemaphysalis leporispalustris from Costa Rica, and D. nitens, A. mixtum, and R. sanguineus s.l.…”

Algunas consideraciones diagnósticas y terapéuticas del paciente con síndrome febril en Colombia

“…En segundo lugar, y ante la evidencia cada vez más fuerte que demuestra el papel de las rickettsias como etiología secundaria frecuente dentro del síndrome febril agudo en Colombia 5,6 , quisiéramos discutir el uso de las quinolonas (ejemplo, ciprofloxacina) como antibióticos de segunda línea para el tratamiento de las rickettsiosis, tal como lo senalan˜ Cortés et al 1 .…”