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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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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Mimicking Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Hospitalized Children, Sonora, Mexico [PDF]
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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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
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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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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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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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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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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