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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [PDF]
Disease-a-Month, 2012 This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of Rocky Mountain Spotted ...
Haynes, James W., Wasmund, Joshua B.
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The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2007 Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a life-threatening disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, an obligately intracellular bacterium that is spread to human beings by ticks. More than a century after its first clinical description, this disease is still among the most virulent human infections identified, being potentially fatal even in previously ...
Geoffrey A. Weinberg
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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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A fatal case series of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Sonora, México
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2018 Introduction: Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a highly lethal infectious disease, particularly if specific treatment with doxycycline is given belatedly.
Jesús Delgado-De la Mora +5 more
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Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe describe 5 children who had Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and manifested clinical symptoms similar to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in Sonora, Mexico, where RMSF is hyperendemic.
Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández +6 more
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever [PDF]
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2002 Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a potentially fatal, tick-borne disease caused by the gram-negative intracellular bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, is endemic in parts of North and South America, especially the southeastern and southcentral United States.
Ronald D. Warner, W. W. Marsh
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Secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever in a toddler: A case report [PDF]
eJHaem, 2022 A three‐year‐old boy presented with fever, maculopapular rash involving palms and soles, and hyponatremia two weeks following a tick bite. Empiric doxycycline that he was on was discontinued following negative initial rickettsial serology based on the ...
Smitha Hosahalli Vasanna +3 more
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Immune Thrombocytopenia as a Consequence of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [PDF]
Case Reports in Oncology, 2017 Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) – also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or immune thrombocytopenic purpura – is an acquired thrombocytopenia caused by autoantibodies against platelet antigens.
Cherisse Baldeo +2 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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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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