Rocky Mountain spotted fever contracted along a Canadian road trip: A case report [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsRocky Mountain spotted fever, a potentially fatal tick-borne disease thought to be confined to specific climates and geographic locations, is expanding its reach due to climate change.
Aliyah King, Alison Spurr, Reetesh Bose
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Hierarchical Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Climatic and Socio-Economic Determinants of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [PDF]
, 2016 Citation: Raghavan, R. K., Goodin, D. G., Neises, D., Anderson, G. A., & Ganta, R. R. (2016). Hierarchical Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Climatic and Socio-Economic Determinants of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Plos One, 11(3), 17.
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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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Outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Córdoba, Colombia [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011 Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Although RMSF was first reported in Colombia in 1937, it remains a neglected disease.
Marylin Hidalgo +7 more
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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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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.
Jenny Wu +2 more
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265. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Encephalopathy [PDF]
Open Forum Infect Dis, 2021 Isaac S, Pasha M, Vincent J, Chahal K.
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