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2. Rocky Mountain spotted fever - Wikipedia

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   Doxycycline (a tetracycline) is the drug of choice for patients with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. According to the CDC, [ 27 ] "Doctors often avoid prescribing doxycycline to young children because of a warning that tooth staining may occur when used in children less than 8 years old. ..

3. Rickettsia rickettsii - Wikipedia

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   The most common and effective treatment for Rocky mountain spotted fever is the anti-microbial agent doxycycline. [46] This antibiotic acts as a bacteriostatic drug by inhibiting protein synthesis via blockage of the 30S ribosomal subunit. [13] Other treatments with chloramphenicol, fluoroquinolones, and macrolides have been explored.

4. Doxycycline - Wikipedia

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   Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic of the tetracycline class used in the treatment of infections caused by bacteria ... [28] and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. ...

5. CDC issues warning as three die from Rocky Mountain spotted ...

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   Most people who catch the fever early can be treated with the antibiotic doxycycline, preventing serious illness or death. ... There are upwards of 5,000 Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases ...

6. Three dead in outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... - AOL

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   An outbreak of the tickborne disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever has caused at least five illnesses, including three deaths, in the US since July, the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

7. Tick-borne disease - Wikipedia

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   Patients with Lyme disease who are treated with appropriate antibiotics usually recover rapidly and completely. Antibiotics commonly used include doxycycline, amoxicillin, or cefuroxime axetil. For Anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Doxycycline is the first line treatment for adults and children of all ages. For ...

8. CDC cautions travelers to Mexico about Rocky Mountain spotted ...

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   While several types of ticks can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever in different parts of the country, the brown dog tick is responsible for the illness in the southwestern U.S. and in Mexico and ...

9. Tetracycline antibiotics - Wikipedia

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   Tetracyclines remain the treatment of choice for infections caused by chlamydia (trachoma, psittacosis, salpingitis, urethritis and L. venereum infection), Rickettsia (typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever), brucellosis and spirochetal infections (Lyme disease/borreliosis and syphilis). [2] They are also used in veterinary medicine. [2]