Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
"Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An acute febrile illness caused by RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII. It is transmitted to humans by bites of infected ticks and occurs only in North and South America. Characteristics include a sudden onset with headache and chills and fever lasting about two to three weeks. A cutaneous rash commonly appears on the extremities and trunk about the fourth day of illness.
| Descriptor ID |
D012373
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.780.790.750.500 C01.252.400.825.887.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rickettsia rickettsii Infection
- Infection, Rickettsia rickettsii
- Rickettsia rickettsii Infections
- Typhus, Sao Paulo
- Sao Paulo Typhus
- Brazilian Spotted Fever
- Fever, Brazilian Spotted
- Spotted Fever, Brazilian
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever" by people in Profiles.
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Maller VG, Agarwal AK, Choudhary AK. Diffusion imaging findings in Rocky Mountain spotted fever encephalitis: a case report. Emerg Radiol. 2012 Jan; 19(1):79-81.
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Baganz MD, Dross PE, Reinhardt JA. Rocky Mountain spotted fever encephalitis: MR findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1995 Apr; 16(4 Suppl):919-22.
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Dembert ML. Lyme disease. Am Fam Physician. 1982 Jun; 25(6):121-4.
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Cherubini TD, Spaeth GL. Anterior nongranulomatous uveitis associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. First report of a case. Arch Ophthalmol. 1969 Mar; 81(3):363-5.