Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Jul;30(7):1463-1466. doi: 10.3201/eid3007.240033. Epub 2024 Jun 11.
We describe 5 children who had Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and manifested clinical symptoms similar to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in Sonora, Mexico, where RMSF is hyperendemic. Physicians should consider RMSF in differential diagnoses of hospitalized patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome to prevent illness and death caused by rickettsial disease.
我们描述了 5 名患有落基山斑点热(RMSF)的儿童,他们在落基山斑点热流行的墨西哥索诺拉州表现出与多系统炎症综合征相似的临床症状。医生在对患有多系统炎症综合征的住院患者进行鉴别诊断时,应考虑落基山斑点热,以预防由立克次体病引起的疾病和死亡。