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Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever)
Description of The Pathogen Rickettsia rickettsii, the etiologic agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), is a small, obligately intracellular, gram-negative, rod-shaped organism that is among the most pathogenic of all known bacteria. Although R. rickettsii can infect several different…