The great imitator: Rocky Mountain spotted fever occurring after hospitalization for unrelated illnesses.
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Eloubeidi, MA; Burton, CS; Sexton, DJ
Published in: South Med J
September 1997
We describe two patients who had Rocky Mountain spotted fever after they were admitted to the hospital for emergency and elective surgical procedures. We initially thought one patient had a hospital-acquired infection; the correct diagnosis was deduced from epidemiologic clues elicited by consultants. These two cases were also unusual in that one patient had a recurrent rash after an abbreviated course of low-dose doxycycline therapy and the other patient had transient and self-limiting postinfectious polyneuropathy. These cases illustrate that community-acquired infection with Rickettsia rickettsii can occur simultaneously with other disease processes and sometimes mimic a nosocomial infection.
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South Med J
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0038-4348
Publication Date
September 1997
Volume
90
Issue
9
Start / End Page
943 / 945
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous
- Thumb
- Taste Disorders
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Replantation
- Referral and Consultation
- Recurrence
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
- Paresthesia
- Middle Aged
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Eloubeidi, M. A., Burton, C. S., & Sexton, D. J. (1997). The great imitator: Rocky Mountain spotted fever occurring after hospitalization for unrelated illnesses. South Med J, 90(9), 943–945. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199709000-00017
Eloubeidi, M. A., C. S. Burton, and D. J. Sexton. “The great imitator: Rocky Mountain spotted fever occurring after hospitalization for unrelated illnesses.” South Med J 90, no. 9 (September 1997): 943–45. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199709000-00017.
Eloubeidi MA, Burton CS, Sexton DJ. The great imitator: Rocky Mountain spotted fever occurring after hospitalization for unrelated illnesses. South Med J. 1997 Sep;90(9):943–5.
Eloubeidi, M. A., et al. “The great imitator: Rocky Mountain spotted fever occurring after hospitalization for unrelated illnesses.” South Med J, vol. 90, no. 9, Sept. 1997, pp. 943–45. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00007611-199709000-00017.
Eloubeidi MA, Burton CS, Sexton DJ. The great imitator: Rocky Mountain spotted fever occurring after hospitalization for unrelated illnesses. South Med J. 1997 Sep;90(9):943–945.
Published In
South Med J
DOI
ISSN
0038-4348
Publication Date
September 1997
Volume
90
Issue
9
Start / End Page
943 / 945
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous
- Thumb
- Taste Disorders
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Replantation
- Referral and Consultation
- Recurrence
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
- Paresthesia
- Middle Aged