title: Rickettsialpox.
abstract: Rickettsialpox is a member of the spotted-fever group of the rickettsioses and results from an infection with Rickettsia akari. This microbe is transmitted by the bite of the house-mouse mite Liponyssoides sanguineus. Patents experience fevers, sweats, headaches, and a vesicular eruption over the trunk and extremities. The palms and soles are spared. An eschar results at the spot of the mite bite. Tetracycline is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013752:Tetracycline