title: Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children.
abstract: Rocky Mountain spotted fever is typically undifferentiated from many other infections in the first few days of illness. Treatment should not be delayed pending confirmation of infection when Rocky Mountain spotted fever is suspected. Doxycycline is the drug of choice even for infants and children less than 8 years old.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. charles.woods@louisville.edu
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012373:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline