loading...| Preferred Name |
Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
| ID |
http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_83311 |
| definition |
A rare, acquired, life-threatening, infectious disease due to the tick-borne bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii characterized by an acute onset of fever, malaise, and severe headache, variably accompanied by myalgia, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and photophobia, associating (2-5 days after fever onset) a typically erythematous, blanching or non-blanching, maculopapluar rash with petechiae, starting on the wrists and ankles and progressing centrifugally to the palms and soles and centripetally to the arms, legs and trunk. Additonal variable features may include conjunctivitis, mucosal ulcers, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, jaundice, pneumonia, hepatomegaly, renal failure, meningismus, amnesia, optic disc edema, and ocular arterial occlusion. |
| definition_citation |
Orphanet |
| expertlink |
https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=83311 |
| has_age_of_onset |
All ages |
| has_inheritance |
Not applicable |
| hasDbXref |
MedDRA:10039207 MeSH:D012373 ICD-11:1C31.0 UMLS:C0035793 ICD-10:A77.0 |
| label |
Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
| notation |
ORPHA:83311 |
| part_of | |
| prefixIRI |
ORDO:Orphanet_83311 |
| prefLabel |
Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
| present_in |
Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown United States AND has_annual_incidence_average_value : 0.24 AND has_annual_incidence_range : 1-9 / 1 000 000 |
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