Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Mimicking Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Hospitalized Children, Sonora, Mexico

Gerardo Álvarez-Hernández*, Cristian N. Rivera-Rosas, J. R.Tadeo Calleja-López, David W. McCormick, Christopher D. Paddock, Jehan Bonizú Álvarez-Meza, Fabián Correa-Morales

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Abstract

We describe 5 children who had Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and manifested clinical symptoms similar to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in Sonora, Mexico, where RMSF is hyperendemic. Physicians should consider RMSF in differential diagnoses of hospitalized patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome to prevent illness and death caused by rickettsial disease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1463-1464
Number of pages2
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume30
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2024

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