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  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • A rash characterized by small purplish areas (petechiae) is seen extending across the face, neck, trunk, and arms. This finding is typical of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

    (From TB Fitzpatrick, Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 3 ed, 1997, McGraw-Hill, Fig. 27-4; with permission.)

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