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Case Reports
. 2019 Mar-Apr;23(2):121-123.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2019.04.006. Epub 2019 May 16.

Long term neurologic sequelae in a Mexican rocky mountain spotted fever case

Karla Rossanet Dzul-Rosado  1 , Cesar Lugo-Caballero  2 , Alejandra Salcedo-Parra  3 , Raymundo Daniel López-Soto  4 , Álvaro A Faccini-Martínez  5
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Long term neurologic sequelae in a Mexican rocky mountain spotted fever case

Karla Rossanet Dzul-Rosado et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2019 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

During the second half of the twentieth century, neurologic sequelae associated with central nervous system impairment caused by Rickettsia rickettsii were studied widely and exclusively in the United States. We present the case of a Mexican pediatric patient with neurologic sequelae 10 years after an acute infection by R. rickettsii.

Keywords: Neurologic manifestations; Rickettsia rickettsii; Rocky mountain spotted fever.

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Patient with neurologic sequelae from Rickettsia rickettsii. (A) 9-Year-old pediatric patient in critical condition during initial illness (2007). (B) Maculopapular rash with facial edema (2007). (C) 19-Year-old patient with sardonic facies (2017). (D) Rigidity and spasticity in upper extremities (2017).
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