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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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Published In

South Med J

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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
 

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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