Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children *

[Complications and cause of death in mexican children with rocky mountain spotted fever].

BACKGROUND Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a life threatening disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsia, characterized by multisystem involvement. METHODS We studied 19 dead children with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. All children who were suspected of having rickettsial infections were defined as having Rocky Mountain spotted fever by serology test and clinical features. Through the analysis o...

840Neurologic Manifestations of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children and Adults

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colombia

We investigated 2 fatal cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever that occurred in 2003 and 2004 near the same locality in Colombia where the disease was first reported in the 1930s. A retrospective serosurvey of febrile patients showed that > 21% of the serum samples had antibodies aaainst spotted fever group rickettsiae.

Outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Córdoba, Colombia.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a tick-borne disease caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii. Although RMSF was first reported in Colombia in 1937, it remains a neglected disease. Herein, we describe the investigation of a large cluster of cases of spotted fever rickettsiosis in a new area of Colombia.

Epidemiologic aspects of leptospirosis.

ADDRESS: Atlanta, Georgia. to a possible source of infection may provide a clue to the recognition of these discases when they occur in children. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, munine typhus and rickettsialpox arc transmitted to children by invertebrate vectors. However, the child frequently may be unaware that he has been the accidental host of vectors of the last two diseases. Since Q fever is...