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Image of the Week for April 9, 2007

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. This eight year old girl presented with a history of "chicken pox" for eleven days. She had numerous lesions on her chest, face, arms, and proximal legs. There were subcutaneous erythematous lesions on the hands and she had five or six lesions on her feet. The diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever was confirmed serologically and she was treated without any complications. See Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Red Book Online text

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