RESUMEN

This report describes a new lethal case of Rickettsia rickettsii infection in a child from Northwestern Colombia, after ten years of the last outbreaks in the same region. Colombian public-health authorities should consider to include this severe rickettsiosis in the compulsory-reporting diseases, with the aim of knowing its burden in the country.

Asunto(s)

Rickettsia rickettsii/aislamiento & purificación , Fiebre Maculosa de las Montañas Rocosas/microbiología , Preescolar , Colombia , Resultado Fatal , Humanos , Masculino