Rickettsial-Pox

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THE most recently discovered of the human rickettsial diseases, rickettsial-pox, was first recognized in New York City in 1946.1 2 3 Since then, cases have been reported from a relatively circumscribed area, including Boston,4 , 5 Philadelphia6 and West Hartford, Connecticut.7 The present report extends the geographic locus of naturally occurring rickettsial-pox to Cleveland.Clinical, epidemiologic and laboratory data regarding rickettsial-pox have been reported in numerous communications.8 9 10 11 12 13 Although the course of the disease is benign, antibiotic therapy has been reported to hasten recovery.14 15 16 Case ReportM. M., a 43-year-old married female executive in a book-publishing firm, entered University Hospitals on January 17, 1955. About . . .

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