Caso fulminante de rickettsiosis (Rickettsia rickettsii) en una lactante del sureste de México
| Autor: | Raúl Tello-Martín, Cesar Lugo-Caballero, Karla Dzul-Rosado, Georgina Rodríguez-Moreno, Jorge Zavala-Castro, Karina López-Ávila |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Tick-borne disease Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty biology business.industry Fulminant Mortality rate Rocky Mountain spotted fever 030231 tropical medicine 030108 mycology & parasitology medicine.disease Rickettsia rickettsii biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Dengue fever 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rickettsiosis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Chikungunya business |
| Zdroj: | Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria. 115 |
| ISSN: | 0325-0075 |
| DOI: | 10.5546/aap.2017.e5 |
| Popis: | Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a bacteria transmitted by infected ticks. It is characterized by fever, exanthema, arthralgias and myalgias; but sometimes its clinical presentation is non specific. Due to its similarities with other exanthematic diseases like dengue or chikungunya, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is not a first line diagnosis, even though countries like Mexico show the ecologic and socioeconomic characteristics that favor its transmission, with a 30% mortality rate among pediatric patients. This mortality rate has been associated to a delayed diagnosis and therapy, due to a poor knowledge among physicians regarding this disease; this favors the occurrence of atypical and fulminant cases. The objective of this work is to describe a fulminant case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, expecting that this disease could be later considered among the differential diagnosis which could directly impact its mortality rate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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