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A fatal case series of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Sonora, México [PDF]
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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Kawasaki disease following Rocky Mountain spotted fever: a case report [PDF]
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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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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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER IN BRAZIL, 2010-2020 [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs, Brazil [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 Clinical illness caused by Rickettsia rickettsii in dogs has been reported solely in the United States. We report 2 natural clinical cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in dogs in Brazil. Each case was confirmed by seroconversion and molecular analysis
Marcelo B. Labruna +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.
Cherisse Baldeo +2 more
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Adult Onset Still's Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2010 Adult Still's Disease was first described in 1971 by Bywaters in fourteen adult female patients who presented with symptoms indistinguishable from that of classic childhood Still's Disease (Bywaters, 1971).
Paul Persad +2 more
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever–Associated Myocarditis [PDF]
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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Prognostic Factors in Patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever [PDF]
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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