title: A neonatal case of Japanese spotted fever.
abstract: We herein present the case of a 28-day-old female with Japanese spotted fever, who is the youngest reported patient so far. Tick-borne diseases, including Japanese spotted fever, should be included in the differential diagnosis of eruptive fever even in neonates because a treatment delay can lead to a fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics; †Department of Dermatology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki; and ‡Laboratory of Rickettsia and Chlamydia, Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamaguchi
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuwatsuka
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ando
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*