| Pacific Coast tick fever | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rickettsiales |
| Family: | Rickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Rickettsia |
| Species group: | Spotted fever group |
| Species: | R. philipii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rickettsia philipii Kato et al. 2010[1] | |
| Pacific Coast tick fever | |
|---|---|
| Causes | Rickettsia philipii spread by thePacific coast tick[2] |
| Differential diagnosis | Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis,Rocky Mountain spotted fever,rickettsialpox[3] |
Pacific Coast tick fever is an infection caused byRickettsia philipii.[2] The disease is spread by thePacific coast ticks.[2] Symptoms may include aneschar.[2] It is within a group known asspotted fever rickettsiosis together withRickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis,Rocky Mountain spotted fever, andrickettsialpox.[3] These infections can be difficult to tell apart.[3]