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Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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35(5): 523-525, Sept.-Oct. 2002.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-328006
ABSTRACT
We describe a case of Brazilian spotted fever in a previously healthy young woman who died with petechial rash associated to acute renal and respiratory insufficiency 12 days following fever, headache, myalgia, and diarrhea. Serologic test in a serum sample, using an immunofluorescence assay, revealed reactive IgM/IgG