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Symptoms of select spotted fever group rickettsioses

Symptoms of select spotted fever group rickettsioses
Disease
(Bacterium responsible)
Percent of patients with Multiple eschars Enlarged local nodes
Rash Headache Eschar
African tick bite fever (R. africae) 30* Yes 100 Yes Yes
Flinders Island spotted fever (R. honei) 85 73 25 No Yes
Japanese spotted fever (R. japonica) 100 22 48 No No
Mediterranean spotted fever (R. conorii) 97 56 72 Very rare Rare
Queensland tick typhus (R. australis) 100*   65 No Yes
Rickettsialpox (R. akari) 100* 100 83 Yes Yes
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii) 90 80 0 No No
Siberian tick typhus (R. sibirica) 100 100 77 Yes Yes
* Vesicular.
Data from: Raoult D, Roux V. Rickettsioses as paradigms of new or emerging infectious diseases. Clin Microbiol Rev 1997; 10:694.
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