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Myocardial involvement in Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

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Bradford, WD; Hackel, DB
Published in: Arch Pathol Lab Med
July 1978

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), an acute febrile exanthematous illness caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and transmitted by ticks, is endemic in the southern Atlantic states. This report is based on the clinical and pathological findings of myocardial involvement in 16 children who died with severe RMSF. All 16 children had myocardial lesions to some degree, but it was not believed that these could be evaluated in terms of cardiac function and death in the face of the usual peripheral vascular collapse caused by the widespread vascular lesions throughout the body.

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Published In

Arch Pathol Lab Med

ISSN

0003-9985

Publication Date

July 1978

Volume

102

Issue

7

Start / End Page

357 / 359

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vasculitis
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Pathology
  • Necrosis
  • Myocardium
  • Myocarditis
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Female
 

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Bradford, W. D., & Hackel, D. B. (1978). Myocardial involvement in Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 102(7), 357–359.
Bradford, W. D., and D. B. Hackel. “Myocardial involvement in Rocky Mountain spotted fever.Arch Pathol Lab Med 102, no. 7 (July 1978): 357–59.
Bradford WD, Hackel DB. Myocardial involvement in Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1978 Jul;102(7):357–9.
Bradford, W. D., and D. B. Hackel. “Myocardial involvement in Rocky Mountain spotted fever.Arch Pathol Lab Med, vol. 102, no. 7, July 1978, pp. 357–59.
Bradford WD, Hackel DB. Myocardial involvement in Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1978 Jul;102(7):357–359.

Published In

Arch Pathol Lab Med

ISSN

0003-9985

Publication Date

July 1978

Volume

102

Issue

7

Start / End Page

357 / 359

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vasculitis
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Pathology
  • Necrosis
  • Myocardium
  • Myocarditis
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Female