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Rickettsia: Introduction, Morphology, Pathogenesis, Complications, Laboratory Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

Rickettsia: Howard Taylor Ricketts (1909): Isolated Rickettsia from a patient suffering from Rocky mountain spotted fever, late on he died while working with this organism. Obligate intracellular parasite  and Gram negative pleomorphic rods which are poorly stained with Gram stain but properly  stained with Giemsa or Gimenez stains. Introduction of Rickettsia Howard Taylor Ricketts (1909): Isolated Rickettsia from a...

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