rickettsialpox
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Rickettsialpox is a mite-borne infectious illness caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia (Rickettsia akari). Physician Robert Huebner and self-trained entomologist Charles Pomerantz played major roles in identifying the cause of the disease after an outbreak in 1946 in a New York City apartment complex, documented in "The Alerting of Mr. Pomerantz," an article by medical writer Berton Roueché.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Rickettsialpox
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- Rickettsialpox lesion
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- Infectious disease
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- Resolves in 2-3 weeks without treatment
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Rickettsialpox lesion.jpg
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- WikiProject Medicine
- has natural reservoir
- brown rat
- minimal incubation period in humans
- 10
- maximal incubation period in humans
- 25
- symptoms and signs
- chills
- health specialty
- infectious diseases
- topic's main category
- Category:Rickettsioses
- has cause
- Rickettsia akari
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11103
- ICD-9-CM
- 083.2
- medical examination
- polymerase chain reaction
- possible treatment
- chloramphenicol
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Transmission
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Epidemiology
- History
- Society and culture
- See also
- References
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Rickettsialpox is a mite-borne infectious illness caused by bacteria of the genus Rickettsia (Rickettsia akari). Physician Robert Huebner and self-trained entomologist Charles Pomerantz played major roles in identifying the cause of the disease after an outbreak in 1946 in a New York City apartment complex, documented in "The Alerting of Mr. Pomerantz," an article by medical writer Berton Roueché.
Although it is not transmitted by a tick (a characteristic of spotted fever), the bacterium is a part of the spotted fever group of Rickettsia, and so this condition is often classified with that group.
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