Spotted fever rickettsiosis

Group of bacterial diseases
Eschar at site of tick or mite bite[1]

Spotted fever rickettsiosis, also known as spotted fever group rickettsia (SFGR), is a group of infections that include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Pacific Coast tick fever, and rickettsialpox.[2] The group of infections was created in 2010 as they are difficult to tell apart.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Signs and Symptoms". www.cdc.gov. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Epidemiology and Statistics Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)". CDC. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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Pseudomonadota-associated Gram-negative bacterial infections
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Rickettsiales
Rickettsiaceae/
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Typhus
  • Rickettsia typhi
    • Murine typhus
  • Rickettsia prowazekii
Spotted
fever
Tick-borne
Mite-borne
Flea-borne
Anaplasmataceae
Hyphomicrobiales
Brucellaceae
Bartonellaceae
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Neisseriales
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ungrouped:
Burkholderiales
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Enterobacteriales
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Haemophilus:
Pasteurella multocida
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Legionellales
Thiotrichales
Vibrionaceae
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Xanthomonadaceae
Cardiobacteriaceae
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Campylobacterales
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Tick-borne diseases and infestations
Diseases
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