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Case report reveals moderately severe Rickettsia parkeri infection in a kidney transplant recipient, highlighting unusual onset during the immediate posttransplant period.
Spotted fever rickettsiosis is rarely observed in solid organ transplant recipients, and all previously reported cases have been associated with tick bite months to years after transplantation. We describe a kidney transplant recipient in North Carolina, USA, who had a moderately severe Rickettsia parkeri infection develop during the immediate posttransplant period.
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