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Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Rochalimaea antibodies in Kawasaki disease
M H Rathore1, L L Barton, J E Dawson
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
Sera from 38 patients with Kawasaki disease were tested for immunofluorescent antibodies to Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Rochalimaea henselae, and R. quintana Oklahoma. Only 2.5% of the patients tested positive for E. chaffeensis, and 5% were positive for R. henselae and R. quintana Oklahoma. Our data suggest that Ehrlichia and Rochalimaea spp. do not play a unique role in the etiology of Kawasaki disease.