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  2. Rocky Mountain spotted fever - Wikipedia

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    Appropriate antibiotic treatment should be started immediately when there is a suspicion of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. [10] Treatment should not be delayed for laboratory confirmation of disease as early initiation of treatment of Rocky Mountain spotted fever is associated with lower mortality. [25] Failure to respond to a tetracycline ...

  3. Rickettsia rickettsii - Wikipedia

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    The most common and effective treatment for Rocky mountain spotted fever is the anti-microbial agent doxycycline. [46] This antibiotic acts as a bacteriostatic drug by inhibiting protein synthesis via blockage of the 30S ribosomal subunit. [13] Other treatments with chloramphenicol, fluoroquinolones, and macrolides have been explored.

  4. Tick-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    For Anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Doxycycline is the first line treatment for adults and children of all ages. For babesiosis, a combination therapy with atovaquone and azithromycin is most commonly recommended for treatment of mild to moderate babesiosis. Treatment is usually continued for 7 to 10 days.

  5. CDC issues warning as three die from Rocky Mountain spotted ...

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    The agency said that Rocky Mountain spotted fever had been found in urban areas of several states in northern Mexico, including but not limited to Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila and ...

  6. CDC cautions travelers to Mexico about Rocky Mountain spotted ...

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    While several types of ticks can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever in different parts of the country, the brown dog tick is responsible for the illness in the southwestern U.S. and in Mexico and ...

  7. Rickettsiosis - Wikipedia

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    Rickettsioses can be divided into a spotted fever group (SPG) and typhus group (TG). [1] In the past, rickettsioses were considered to be caused by species of Rickettsia. [2] However, scrub typhus is still considered a rickettsiosis, even though the causative organism has been reclassified from Rickettsia tsutsugamushi to Orientia tsutsugamushi.

  8. Three dead in outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... - AOL

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    An outbreak of the tickborne disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever has caused at least five illnesses, including three deaths, in the US since July, the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

  9. Rickettsia - Wikipedia

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    Most notably, Rickettsia species are the pathogens responsible for typhus, rickettsialpox, boutonneuse fever, African tick-bite fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Flinders Island spotted fever, and Queensland tick typhus (Australian tick typhus). [17] The majority of pathogenic Rickettsia bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics of the ...