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Definition of Spotted fever

1. Noun. Any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin.

Definition of Spotted fever

1. Noun. (pathology) any of various diseases causing fever and spots on the skin ¹

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Medical Definition of Spotted fever

1. An acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognised in the Rocky Mountain states, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii transmitted by hard-shelled (ixodid) ticks. Occurs only in the Western Hemisphere. The disease is characterised by sudden onset of headache, chills and fever which can persist for 2-3 weeks, muscle pain. A characteristic rash appears on the extremities and trunk about the 4th day of illness. The rickettsiae grow within damaged cells lining blood vessels which may become blocked by clots. Blood vessel inflammation (vasculitis) is widespread Early recognition of the condition and prompt antibiotic treatment is important in reducing mortality. Synonym: spotted fever, tick fever, and tick typhus. (25 Jun 1999)

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Literary usage of Spotted fever

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"A Suggestion as to the Treatment of the spotted fever of Montana. ... KING, WW Experimental Transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever by means of the ..."

2. The American Year Book by Simon Newton Dexter North, Francis Graham Wickware, Albert Bushnell Hart (1917)
"Rocky Mountain spotted fever.— Rocky Mountain spotted fever is an acute infection which owes its name to the hemorrhagic rash which accompanies the disease. ..."

3. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"McClintic infected Rhesus monkeys and guinea-pigs with spotted fever and ... as a prophylactic or in the treatment of spotted fever, but, on the contrary, ..."

4. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"McClintic infected Rhesus monkeys and guinea-pigs with spotted fever and treated them with the following drugs: salvarsan, sodium cacodylate, and urotropin. ..."

5. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"ROCKY MOUNTAIN spotted fever; TICK FEVER In the Bitter-root Valley of Montana and in the mountains of Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming there is an acute infection ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"ROCKY MOUNTAIN spotted fever; TICK FEVER In the Bitter-root Valley of Montana and in the mountains of Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming there is an acute infection ..."

7. Household Bacteriology for Students in Domestic Sciences by Estelle Denis Buchanan, Robert Earle Buchanan (1913)
"VIRUS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN spotted fever spotted fever or Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a disease which was first noted because of its virulence in the ..."

8. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"Tsutsugamushi disease is a Japanese disease very similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever both clinically and in its singular restriction to certain ..."

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