Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Difference between revisions
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'''-'''Ehrilichiosis<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span> | |||
-Meningoceccemia | |||
-Enteroviral infection | |||
-Typhus | |||
-Ehrlichiosis | |||
-Other rickettsial dieseases | |||
-Immune complex vasculitis | |||
-Typhoid fever | |||
-Leptospirosis | |||
-Dengue | |||
-Infectious mononucleosis | |||
-Bacterial sepsis | |||
-Gastroenteritis or acute abdomen | |||
-Bronchitis | |||
-Pneumonia | |||
== Case Reports/ Case Studies == | == Case Reports/ Case Studies == |
Revision as of 02:48, 31 March 2011
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Definition/Description[edit | edit source]
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) is a tick born disease, due to an intracellular pathogen known as Rickettsia rickettsi (JEADV). This pathogen is carried by ticks and is transmitted to humans via a bite from an infected tick. Three known ticks in the United States carry this pathogen: the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis), Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) and the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineous). The American dog tick carries the pathogen in the western United States, and the wood tick carries the pathogen in the eastern United States. (Medline reference). This infection was first described in the Rocky Mountains in Idaho in 1896. Howard Ricketts found the causative agent in the early 1900’s. (JEADV). This systemic infectious disease is treatable, however, if left untreated can be fatal.
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Differential Diagnosis[edit | edit source]
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-Meningoceccemia
-Enteroviral infection
-Typhus
-Ehrlichiosis
-Other rickettsial dieseases
-Immune complex vasculitis
-Typhoid fever
-Leptospirosis
-Dengue
-Infectious mononucleosis
-Bacterial sepsis
-Gastroenteritis or acute abdomen
-Bronchitis
-Pneumonia
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