Fatal Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis in Argentina

Overview

Journal IDCases

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2018 Jun 27

PMID 29942776

Citations 1

Authors

Ricardo Leon de la Fuente

Alejandra P Sanchez

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Abstract

We present a fatal case of a 17-year-old male patient who was hospitalized for febrile seizures and generalized skin rash.

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