Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Mimicking Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Hospitalized Children, Sonora, Mexico.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 30(7): 1463-1466, 2024 Jul.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38861505
ABSTRACT
We describe 5 children who had Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and manifested clinical symptoms similar to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in Sonora, Mexico, where RMSF is hyperendemic. Physicians should consider RMSF in differential diagnoses of hospitalized patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome to prevent illness and death caused by rickettsial disease.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
En
Journal:
Emerg Infect Dis
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Emerg. infect. dis
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Emerging infectious diseases (Online)
Journal subject:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Year:
2024
Type:
Article