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Provedor de dados: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Atypical fulminant Rickettsia rickettsii infection (Brazilian spotted fever) presenting as septic shock and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome	
Autores: 	Costa,Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves da; Brigatte,Marcos Emilio; Almeida,Edmilton Pereira de; Valle,Lena Márcia de Carvalho.	
Data: 	2002-04-01	
Ano: 	2002	
Palavras-chave: 	Rickettsia rickettsii; Brazilian spotted fever; Sepsis; ARDS.	
Resumo: 	Brazilian spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, has been increasingly reported in Brazil especially in the southeastern states. The severe and fulminant forms of the disease are not unusual but most of the reported fatal cases have shown some typical clinical clue, which leads the attending physician to a correct diagnosis. We report a probable case of atypical fulminant Brazilian spotted fever that presented full-blown septic shock associated with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and delayed uncharacteristic rash with an over four-fold increase in reciprocal IgM, but not IgG titer against Rickettsia rickettsii. Brazilian practitioners should be aware of the possibility of Brazilian spotted fever as a cause of fulminant primary sepsis with ARDS; improved laboratory methods are necessary for the rapid diagnosis of such cases.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000200006	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1413-86702002000200006	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.6 n.2 2002	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess