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Purpura and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Purpura and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Purpura vs. Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Purpura is a condition of red or purple discolored spots on the skin that do not blanch on applying pressure. Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), also known as blue disease, is the most lethal and most frequently reported rickettsial illness in the United States.

Similarities between Purpura and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Purpura and Rocky Mountain spotted fever have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Petechia, Purpura, Rickettsia, Typhus.

Petechia

A petechia, plural petechiae, is a small (1–2 mm) red or purple spot on the skin, caused by a minor bleed from broken capillary blood vessels.

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Purpura

Purpura is a condition of red or purple discolored spots on the skin that do not blanch on applying pressure.

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Rickettsia

Rickettsia is a genus of nonmotile, Gram-negative, nonspore-forming, highly pleomorphic bacteria that can be present as cocci (0.1 μm in diameter), rods (1–4 μm long), or thread-like (10 μm long).

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Typhus

Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus and murine typhus.

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Purpura and Rocky Mountain spotted fever Comparison

Purpura has 42 relations, while Rocky Mountain spotted fever has 96. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 2.90% = 4 / (42 + 96).

References

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