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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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever" by people in Profiles.
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Ongoing Cerebral Vasculitis During Treatment of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Pediatr Neurol. 2015 Nov; 53(5):434-8.
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Why sulfonamides are contraindicated in Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Dermatol Online J. 2014 Feb 18; 20(2).
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The expanding spectrum of eschar-associated rickettsioses in the United States. Arch Dermatol. 2010 Jun; 146(6):641-8.
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Clinical and laboratory features, hospital course, and outcome of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children. J Pediatr. 2007 Feb; 150(2):180-4, 184.e1.
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever: a physician's challenge. Pediatr Rev. 2005 Apr; 26(4):125-30.
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Antibodies reactive to Rickettsia rickettsii among children living in the southeast and south central regions of the United States. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003 May; 157(5):443-8.
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Hemostatic/fibrinolytic protein changes in C3H/HeN mice infected with Rickettsia conorii--a model for Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Thromb Haemost. 2001 Sep; 86(3):871-9.
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Hemostatic changes in Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Mediterranean spotted fever. Am J Clin Pathol. 1999 Aug; 112(2):159-68.