Encephalitis associated with Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
We present a fatal case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Despite the presence of clinical and laboratory evidence suggesting widespread vasculitis, pathologic lesions were found only in the central nervous system.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology