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Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an underdiagnosed cause of headache

Headache Medicine, 2022
Introduction Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a tick-borne rickettsiosis. The main clinical signs and symptoms are fever, severe headache, rashes and myalgia. Endothelium tropism can lead to vasculitis, thrombosis, and hemorrhage.
Fernanda Cristina Poscai Ribeiro
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Rickettsial infection in equids, opossums and ticks in the municipality of Monte Mor, state of São Paulo, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020
The aim of this study was to investigate rickettsial infection in equids, opossums and ticks in the municipality of Monte Mor, a place where a Brazilian spotted fever case occurred in 2005.
Tatiana Evelyn Hayama Ueno, André Antonio Cutolo, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Jonas Moraes-Filho, Sérgio Santos de Azevedo, Marcelo Bahia Labruna   +5 more
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Severe Japanese Spotted Fever Successfully Treated with Fluoroquinolone [PDF]

, 2006
A 77 years old woman who had a bite with eschar on her left arm, was admitted to emergency ward in our hospital, because of high fever, severe malaise, skin eruption, and consciousness disturbance beginning 5 days previously.
Kakugawa, Tomoyuki, Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu, Yamamoto, Seigo, Ikari, Naruhiko, Hirakata, Yoichi, Higashiyama, Yasuhito, Yamagata, Yuhki, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Kohno, Shigeru, Izumikawa, Koichi, Kurihara, Shintaro, Seki, Masafumi, Tashiro, Takayoshi, Kosai, Kosuke   +13 more
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Serological evidence of Rickettsia in horses from a semi-arid Brazilian region

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is a common tick-borne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii. Horses are the primary hosts of the main vector, Amblyomma sculptum, and are considered efficient sentinels for circulation of Rickettsia. Therefore, the aim of
Ila Ferreira Farias, Eline Almeida Rodrigues de Souza, Maria Carolina de Azevedo Serpa, Flávio Silva Palha, Glauber Meneses Barboza de Oliveira, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Mauricio Claudio Horta   +6 more
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Epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2000-2008

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2011
Brazilian spotted fever is the most common rickettsiosis in Brazil, most prevalent in the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais from 2000
Frederico Figueiredo Amâncio, Vânia Dutra Amorim, Talita Leal Chamone, Mariana Gontijo de Brito, Simone Berger Calic, Anamaria Cordeiro Leite, Gabriela Lobato Fraga, Marcela Lencine Ferraz   +7 more
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Anticorpos anti-rickettsias do grupo da febre maculosa em equídeos e caninos no norte do Estado do Paraná, Brasil Anti rickettsia-antibody for spotted fever group in horses and dogs in the North of Paraná Stated, Brazil

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2010
The Brazilian Spotted Fever (BSF) is a zoonosis that can be fatal if not trteated. As there are few studies of the BSF in the Paraná State, the occurrence of BSF was serologically investigated in dogs and horses by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA),
F.H. Otomura, L.A. Sangioni, R.C. Pacheco, M.B. Labruna, J.A. Galhardo, M.G. Ribeiro, U. Teodoro   +6 more
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Murine Typhus and Leptospirosis as Causes of Acute Undifferentiated Fever, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2009
To investigate rickettsioses and leptospirosis among urban residents of Semarang, Indonesia, we tested the blood of 137 patients with fever. Evidence of Rickettsia typhi, the agent of murine typhus, was found in 9 patients.
Hartskeerl, Rudy A., Sakundarno, Mateus, Gasem, M. Hussein, Wagenaar, Jiri F.P., Isbandrio, Bambang B., Goris, Marga G.A.   +5 more
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Fatal Brazilian spotless fever caused by Rickettsia rickettsii in a dark-skinned patient

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) is the most important and frequent rickettsial disease in Brazil. A fatal case of BSF is reported in a 32-year-old black man, who died of irreversible shock after five days of fever, severe headache and abdominal pain with ...
Alexsandra Rodrigues de Mendonça Favacho, Tatiana Rozental, Simone Berger Calic, Maria Aparecida Mota Scofield, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos   +4 more
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Free-living ticks in a cerrado fragment, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Bioscience Journal, 2018
The fatal cases of spotted fever reported in some Brazilian municipalities are generally associated with the presence of ticks and capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). The urban forest fragments where this rodent is present are of great concern.
Jaqueline Matias, Wilson Werner Koller, Marcos Valerio Garcia, Jacqueline Cavalcante Barros, Maria Dolores Esteve-Gassent, André de Abreu Rangel Aguirre, Leandro de Oliveira Souza Higa, Namor Pinheiro Zimmermann, Renato Andreotti   +8 more
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Atypical fulminant Rickettsia rickettsii infection (Brazilian spotted fever) presenting as septic shock and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Brazilian spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, has been increasingly reported in Brazil especially in the southeastern states. The severe and fulminant forms of the disease are not unusual but most of the reported fatal cases have shown some ...
Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves da Costa, Marcos Emilio Brigatte, Edmilton Pereira de Almeida, Lena Márcia de Carvalho Valle   +3 more
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