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 ...
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Atypical Presentation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Pregnancy [PDF]
American Journal of Perinatology ReportsRocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a common tick-borne disease and can have variable presentation with potentially fatal outcomes when untreated. We describe an atypical presentation of RMSF in the third trimester.
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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
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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.
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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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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.
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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 ...
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever–Associated Myocarditis
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical CasesA previously healthy 23-year-old enlisted man presented for 2 days of fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, cough, and disseminated rash involving the palms and soles.
Camily Morales Lopez +4 more
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Severe and Fatal Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever After Exposure in Tecate, Mexico - California, July 2023-January 2024. [PDF]
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly RepKjemtrup AM +16 more
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever: brain imaging findings [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Bruna Melo Coelho Loureiro +3 more
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