Brazilian spotted fever: description of a fatal clinical case in the State of Rio de Janeiro
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01/10/2002
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| Resumo |
We describe a case of Brazilian spotted fever in a previously healthy young woman who died with petechial rash associated to acute renal and respiratory insufficiency 12 days following fever, headache, myalgia, and diarrhea. Serologic test in a serum sample, using an immunofluorescence assay, revealed reactive IgM/IgG. |
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text/html |
| Identificador |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822002000500017 |
| Idioma(s) |
en |
| Publicador |
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT |
| Fonte |
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.35 n.5 2002 |
| Palavras-Chave | #Spotted fever #Fatal case #Rio de Janeiro #Brazil |
| Tipo |
journal article |
