Rickettsia parkeri

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Rickettsia parkeri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rickettsiales
Family: Rickettsiaceae
Genus: Rickettsia
Species group: Spotted fever group
Species:
R. parkeri
Binomial name
Rickettsia parkeri
Lackman et al., 1965

Rickettsia parkeri (abbreviated R. parkeri) is a Gram-negative intracellular bacterium. R. parkeri causes mild spotted fever disease in humans, (sometimes referred to as American tick bite fever), characterized by headache, rash, fever, and an eschar at the site of tick attachment. It is transmitted via tick bite and found mainly in the Western Hemisphere. Doxycycline and chloramphenicol are the most common drugs of choice for reducing the symptoms associated with disease caused by R. parkeri.

External links[]

  • "Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis)". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 10 January 2019.
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