1. Caso fulminante de rickettsiosis (Rickettsia rickettsii) en una lactante del sureste de México
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Raúl Tello-Martín, Cesar Lugo-Caballero, Karla Dzul-Rosado, Georgina Rodríguez-Moreno, Jorge Zavala-Castro, and Karina López-Ávila
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0301 basic medicine ,Tick-borne disease ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,business.industry ,Fulminant ,Mortality rate ,Rocky Mountain spotted fever ,030231 tropical medicine ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,medicine.disease ,Rickettsia rickettsii ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease_cause ,Dengue fever ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Rickettsiosis ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,medicine ,Chikungunya ,business - Abstract
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a bacteria transmitted by infected ticks. It is characterized by fever, exanthema, arthralgias and myalgias; but sometimes its clinical presentation is non specific. Due to its similarities with other exanthematic diseases like dengue or chikungunya, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is not a first line diagnosis, even though countries like Mexico show the ecologic and socioeconomic characteristics that favor its transmission, with a 30% mortality rate among pediatric patients. This mortality rate has been associated to a delayed diagnosis and therapy, due to a poor knowledge among physicians regarding this disease; this favors the occurrence of atypical and fulminant cases. The objective of this work is to describe a fulminant case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, expecting that this disease could be later considered among the differential diagnosis which could directly impact its mortality rate. more...
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- 2017
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