title: [Rocky Mountain spotted fever].
abstract: After returning from a holiday in the USA a 24-year-old man fell ill with diarrhoea, high fever and marked rash including the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. When a history of a tick bite in the USA was elicited, a rickettsial infection was suspected. Treatment with doxycycline, 100 mg twice daily, was instituted finally and the fever slowly resolved. The patient became completely well again within four weeks. Serological tests confirmed the diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik, Universität Tübingen.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Reinauer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jaschonek
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kusch
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Heizmann
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Döller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jenss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009657:North Carolina; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000276:immunology; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D013987:Ticks; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004318:Doxycycline
vernacular_title: Rocky-Mountain-Fleckfieber.