Brazilian spotted fever: description of a fatal clinical case in the State of Rio de Janeiro

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, reveal...

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Main Authors: Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Tatiana Rozental, Cid Leite Villela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822002000500017&tlng=en