Rocky Mountain spotted fever in children.

Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. charles.woods@louisville.edu

Pediatric clinics of North America 2013 Apr

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is typically undifferentiated from many other infections in the first few days of illness. Treatment should not be delayed pending confirmation of infection when Rocky Mountain spotted fever is suspected. Doxycycline is the drug of choice even for infants and children less than 8 years old. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.