Case report: A fatal urban case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever presenting an eschar in San José, Costa Rica

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 345-348

  Argüello, Ana Patricia ^a   Hun, Laya ^b   Rivera, Patricia ^a   Taylor, Lizeth ^b  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COSTA RICA; DEHYDRATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGURIA; RASH; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URBAN POPULATION;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHILD; COSTA RICA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84864881021     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0153     Document Type: Article

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