TY  - JOUR
T1  - THrombocytopenia in colorado tick fever
AU  - MARKOVITZ A
Y1  - 1963/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1963.03620270033005
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 307
EP  - 308
VL  - 111
IS  - 3
N2  - Thrombocytopenia has been reported as occurring during the course of a number of infectious diseases,1 including those caused by bacteria, viruses, and rickettsia. The purpose of this report is to record the first documented occurrence of thrombocytopenia in association with Colorado tick fever, a ticktransmitted viral disease indigenous to the Rocky Mountain area of the Western United States.Report of a Case 
    A 59-year-old white male was working during the summer of 1961 in the mountains of Utah at an elevation of 8,000 ft. On Aug. 11, he was bitten on the right arm by a tick. For the next 4 days, he was asymptomatic. On Aug. 15, he noted the sudden onset of fever, pleuritic chest pain, malaise, retroorbital headache, myalgia, and arthralgia. He immediately went to bed and took some acetylsalicylic acid. The next 3 days the symptoms persisted, and, in addition, he had several nosebleeds. On
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1963.03620270033005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1963.03620270033005
ER  -