Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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.
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Department of Neurology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Illinois 60637, USA.
Baumann
R J
RJ
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*