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- Rickettsiae: obligate intracellular gram-, endothelium-tropic
- 3 groups:
- SFG: RMSF (Americas), Mediterranean spotted (tâche noire), African tick-bite, rickettsialpox
- Typhus: epidemic (louse, refugees), endemic/murine (flea, Asia/USA Gulf), Brill-Zinsser
- Scrub typhus (Asia-Pacific, Taiwan endemic!, eschar pathognomonic)
- RMSF rash centripetal (wrists/ankles â palms/soles â trunk); 30% no rash first 3d (âspotlessâ)
- Treatment: doxycycline 100 bid à 5-7d for all â empirical (kids + pregnancy if life-threatening)
- Defervescence 48 hr = diagnostic response
- Search eschar (groin, axilla, scalp, behind ears)
- ç§é«åž« hint: éæ / å€å³¶ fever + headache â scrub typhus until R/O