Isolation of Rickettsia rickettsii in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Outbreak, Panama [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 We report new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in patients from Kinkantu, Ngäbe-Bugle indigenous comarca, Panama. We isolated Rickettsia rickettsii in cell culture after intraperitoneal inoculation of guinea pigs with tissues from a deceased patient.
Yamitzel Zaldívar +7 more
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False-Positive Serology for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Long Island, New York, during 2011–2021 [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Cases of rocky mountain spotted fever (RMSF) are increasingly reported every year in Long Island, New York. In clinical practice, an uncommonly high number of referrals with a positive RMSF IgG test result have been seen in our tick-borne disease clinic.
Monirul I. Sajib +3 more
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Brain Death Secondary to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Encephalitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Critical Care, 2020 A two-year-old female presented with acutely altered mental status following eight days of fever and rash. She had been camping at an Indiana campground 11 days prior to the onset of illness and was evaluated twice for her fever and rash prior to ...
Steven D. Rhodes +4 more
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a neglected tropical disease in Latin America. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesRocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a severe and extraordinarily lethal infectious disease, has emerged as a widespread public health crisis among predominantly vulnerable populations in several countries of Latin America, particularly evident in ...
Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández +6 more
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Needlestick-Associated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Brazil [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 We report a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in a man in Brazil without recent history of tick bites or environmental exposure. He received an accidental needlestick while working as a nurse. The nurse and his patient died.
Stefan Vilges de Oliveira +5 more
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Prognostic Factors in Patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
International Journal of Medical Students, 2020 Background: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) is a disease with a high mortality rate, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a bacteria transmitted to humans by infected ticks. In 2008 there was a Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) outbreak in the city of
Hiram J. Jaramillo-Ramírez +8 more
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Molecular Confirmation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Epidemic Agent in Mexicali, Mexico [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 Since 2008, a large epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever has been emerging among humans and dogs in Mexicali, adjacent to the United States in Baja California, Mexico.
Luis Tinoco-Gracia +4 more
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Long term neurologic sequelae in a Mexican rocky mountain spotted fever case [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 During the second half of the twentieth century, neurologic sequelae associated with central nervous system impairment caused by Rickettsia rickettsii were studied widely and exclusively in the United States.
Karla Rossanet Dzul-Rosado +4 more
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Morbidity and Functional Outcomes Following Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Hospitalization-Arizona, 2002-2017. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect Dis, 2022 Background Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a deadly tickborne disease disproportionately affecting Arizona tribal communities. While the acute clinical effects of RMSF are well-documented, more complete understanding of the long-term health ...
Drexler NA +9 more
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A forty-year review of Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases in California shows clinical and epidemiologic changes. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022 Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a life-threatening tick-borne disease documented in North, Central, and South America. In California, RMSF is rare; nonetheless, recent fatal cases highlight ecological cycles of the two genera of ticks, Dermacentor
Kjemtrup AM +9 more
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