Fort Bragg fever

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Fort Bragg fever (fôrt br

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See pretibial fever.

Fort Bragg fever.

See pretibial fever.

pretibial [pre-tib´e-al]

in front of the tibia.

pretibial fever leptospirosis due to Leptospira interrogans serogroup autumnalis, marked by a rash on the pretibial region, with lumbar and postorbital pain, malaise, nasal inflammation, and fever. Also known as Fort Bragg fever because it was observed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Fort Bragg fever

leptospirosis.

Fort Bragg fever

Anicteric leptospirosis A condition caused by Leptospira autumnalis, which is more common in children, and characterized by an abrupt 'toxic' state, with fever, shaking chills, headache, N&V and severe myalgias–especially of the legs, lethargy, dehydration, photophobia, orbital pain, generalized lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly. See Leptospirosis.

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