Japanese spotted fever

{{Infobox medical condition (new) | name = Japanese spotted fever | synonyms = Oriental spotted fever | image = | caption = | pronounce = | field = Infectious disease | symptoms = | complications = | onset = | duration = | types = | causes = | risks = | diagnosis = | differential = | prevention = | treatment = | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = | deaths = }} '''Japanese spotted fever''' is a condition characterized by a rash that has early macules, and later, in some patients, petechiae.<ref name="Bolognia">{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P. |author2=Bolognia, Jean L. |author3=Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |pages=1130 |isbn=978-1-4160-2999-1 }}</ref>

It is caused by ''Rickettsia japonica''.<ref>{{cite journal | pmid = 9204291 | pmc=2627607 | volume=3 | issue=2 | title=Japanese spotted fever: report of 31 cases and review of the literature | year=1997 | author=Mahara F | journal=Emerging Infect. Dis. | pages=105–11 | doi=10.3201/eid0302.970203}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Berger|first=Dr Stephen|title=Infectious Diseases of Japan: 2017 edition|date=2017|publisher=GIDEON Informatics Inc|isbn=9781498813846|page=237|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SdwVDgAAQBAJ&q=Japanese+spotted+fever|access-date=11 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>

== See also == * Flea-borne spotted fever * Flinders Island spotted fever * List of cutaneous conditions

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Category:Bacterium-related cutaneous conditions Category:Rickettsioses

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