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Clinical signs and features include:
Most commonly associated with typhoid and paratyphoid fever, but may also be seen with Shigella, trichinosis, leptospirosis, brucellosis, psittacosis, rat bite fever, and miliary tuberculosis.
Seen in 10–50 % of typhoid cases with usually 6–12 lesions at a time (more lesions are suggestive of paratyphoid disease) ; of note, lesions appear to be occurring less often with typhoid fever.
Rose spots are 1–4 mm round, nonpruritic, erythematous papules that blanch, typically located on the upper chest and abdomen between the nipples and the umbilicus, occasionally on the back and proximal extremities, sparing the palms and soles.
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Zakko, L., Finch, J., Rothe, M.J., Grant-Kels, J.M. (2013). Rose Spots. In: Wu, G., Selsky, N., Grant-Kels, J. (eds) Atlas of Dermatological Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6191-3_58
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