title: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
abstract: Although acute disseminated encephalomyelitis has been observed after a variety of viral infections and an occasional bacterial infection, it has not been reported in association with rickettsial infections. Reported is a 7-year-old male with magnetic resonance images and clinical manifestations suggestive of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after a tick bite and serologically proven Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Baumann
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000150:complications*