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Atypical Presentation of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Pregnancy [PDF]

American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Rocky 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, Sarah K. Dotters-Katz, Megan Varvoutis   +2 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, Alicia M. Teagarden, Brian Graner, Riad Lutfi, Chandy C. John   +4 more
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Canine Spotted Fever Group Rickettsial Seroprevalence as an Indicator for Human Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Case Rates in Arizona, USA. [PDF]

Zoonoses Public Health
ABSTRACT Introduction Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a rapidly progressing febrile disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, is the deadliest tick‐borne disease in the world. Human infection initially results in non‐specific symptoms and, if untreated, can result in death in up to 35% of cases.
Oliva A, Kreisler R, Romkema A, Madsen S, Furman H, Maag C, Schaefer C, Hernandez JA, Lee JK, Quinlan M, VandenBrooks J.   +10 more
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever: brain imaging findings [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018
Bruna Melo Coelho Loureiro, Fabiano Reis, Grazielly de Fátima Pereira, Cristina Alba Lalli   +3 more
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 1940
Eugene P. Campbell, Walter H. Ketchum
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER IN BRAZIL, 2010-2020

Arquivos de Ciências da Saúde da UNIPAR, 2023
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a tick-borne rickettsiosis. The main clinical signs and symptoms are fever, severe headache, rashes and myalgia. It is considered difficult to diagnose and underreported.
Fernanda Cristina Poscai Ribeiro, Kleber Fernando Pereira, Dayane Kelly Sabec-Pereira, Alexandre Daronco, Alcântara Ramos de Assis César   +4 more
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Kawasaki disease following Rocky Mountain spotted fever: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Kawasaki disease is an idiopathic acute systemic vasculitis of childhood. Although it simulates the clinical features of many infectious diseases, an infectious etiology has not been established.
Bal Aswine K, Kairys Steven W
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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, Jesús David Licona-Enríquez, Marcia Leyva-Gastélum, David Delgado-De la Mora, Adela Rascón-Alcantar, Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández   +5 more
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Outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Córdoba, Colombia

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, Jorge Miranda, Damaris Heredia, Pilar Zambrano, Juan Fernando Vesga, Diana Lizarazo, Salim Mattar, Gustavo Valbuena   +7 more
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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.
Anderson, Gary Allen, Ganta, Roman R., Goodin, Douglas G., Neises, D., Raghavan, Ram K.   +4 more
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