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

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...

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Autores principales: Dzul-Rosado, Karla Rossanet, Lugo-Caballero, Cesar, Salcedo-Parra, Alejandra, López-Soto, Raymundo Daniel, Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9425664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31103437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2019.04.006
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Sumario: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.

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