Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2013 Apr;60(2):455-70. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2012.12.001.

Abstract

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is typically undifferentiated from many other infections in the first few days of illness. Treatment should not be delayed pending confirmation of infection when Rocky Mountain spotted fever is suspected. Doxycycline is the drug of choice even for infants and children less than 8 years old.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Disease Vectors
  • Doxycycline / administration & dosage
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Prognosis
  • Rickettsia rickettsii / isolation & purification
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever* / diagnosis
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever* / drug therapy
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever* / epidemiology
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever* / physiopathology
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever* / prevention & control
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever* / transmission
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Doxycycline