Rickettsia japonica

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Rickettsia japonica is a species of Rickettsia.^[1]^[2]

It can cause Japanese spotted fever.

References

^ Hanaoka N, Matsutani M, Kawabata H, et al. (December 2009). "Diagnostic assay for Rickettsia japonica". Emerging Infect. Dis. 15 (12): 1994–7. PMID 19961684. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/12/1994.htm.
^ Uchida T, Uchiyama T, Kumano K, Walker DH (April 1992). "Rickettsia japonica sp. nov., the etiological agent of spotted fever group rickettsiosis in Japan". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 42 (2): 303–5. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-2-303. PMID 1581190. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=1581190.

Infectious diseases · Bacterial diseases: Proteobacterial G− (primarily A00–A79, 001–041, 080–109)

Rickettsiales

Rickettsiaceae/
(Rickettsioses)

Typhus

Rickettsia typhi (Murine typhus) · Rickettsia prowazekii (Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus)

Spotted
fever

Tick-borne	Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) · Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) · Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever) · Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus) · Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) · Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever) · Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever) · Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever) · Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection)

Mite-borne	Rickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) · Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)

Flea-borne	Rickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever)

Anaplasmataceae

Ehrlichiosis: Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Anaplasmosis) · Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Human monocytic ehrlichiosis) · Ehrlichia ewingii (Ehrlichiosis ewingii infection)

Rhizobiales

Brucellaceae	Brucella abortus (Brucellosis)

Bartonellaceae	Bartonellosis: Bartonella henselae (Cat scratch disease) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either henselae or quintana (Bacillary angiomatosis) · Bartonella bacilliformis (Carrion's disease, Verruga peruana)

Enterobacteriales
(OX-)

Pasteurellales

Haemophilus: H. influenzae (Haemophilus meningitis, Brazilian purpuric fever) · H. ducreyi (Chancroid) H. parainfluenzae (HACEK)

Pasteurella multocida (Pasteurellosis) · Actinobacillus (Actinobacillosis)

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (HACEK)

Legionellales

Legionella pneumophila/Legionella longbeachae (Legionellosis) · Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)

Thiotrichales

Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)

Vibrionales

Vibrio cholerae (Cholera) · Vibrio vulnificus · Vibrio parahaemolyticus · Vibrio alginolyticus · Plesiomonas shigelloides

Pseudomonadales

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pseudomonas infection) · Moraxella catarrhalis · Acinetobacter baumannii

Xanthomonadales

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Cardiobacteriales

Cardiobacterium hominis (HACEK)

Aeromonadales

Aeromonas hydrophila/Aeromonas veronii (Aeromonas infection)

Campylobacterales

Campylobacter jejuni (Campylobacteriosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome) · Helicobacter pylori (Peptic ulcer, MALT lymphoma) · Helicobacter cinaedi (Helicobacter cellulitis)

M: BAC

bact (clas)

gr+f/gr+a(t)/gr-p(c)/gr-o

drug(J1p, w, n, m, vacc)

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