Template:Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever antibiotics - Revision history

Danbot: Add pediatric dosing - doxycycline first line for all ages per CDC

2026-03-20T13:11:02Z

Add pediatric dosing - doxycycline first line for all ages per CDC

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	**Preferred agent in pregnancy. May cause [[aplastic anemia]] and [[Grey baby syndrome]], more common in near term or 3rd trimester<ref name="http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/">http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/</ref>		**Preferred agent in pregnancy. May cause [[aplastic anemia]] and [[Grey baby syndrome]], more common in near term or 3rd trimester<ref name="http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/">http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/</ref>
	**Consideration should be made for doxycycline over CAM in the 3rd trimester		**Consideration should be made for doxycycline over CAM in the 3rd trimester

			====Pediatric====
			''Doxycycline is the first-line treatment for RMSF in children of ALL ages per CDC and AAP''
			*{{AntibioticDose\|disease=Rocky mountain spotted fever\|drug=Doxycycline\|dose=2.2mg/kg PO/IV BID (max 100mg/dose) x 5-7 days or until afebrile x 3 days\|context=Pediatric First Line\|population=Pediatric}}
			*{{AntibioticDose\|disease=Rocky mountain spotted fever\|drug=Chloramphenicol\|dose=50-100mg/kg/day IV divided q6hrs (max 4g/day)\|context=Pediatric Doxycycline Allergy\|population=Pediatric}} if doxycycline allergy

Danbot: Fix disease name to canonical: Rocky mountain spotted fever

2026-03-20T01:35:53Z

Fix disease name to canonical: Rocky mountain spotted fever

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	*{{AntibioticDose\|disease=Rocky ~~Mountain~~ spotted fever\|drug=Doxycycline\|dose=100mg PO BID x 5-7 days\|context=First line\|population=Adult}}<ref>Shandera WX, Roig IL: Viral & Rickettsial Infections, in Papadakis MA, McPhee SJ (eds): Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, ed 52. USA, McGraw-Hill, 2013, (Ch) 32: p 1412-1413.</ref>		*{{AntibioticDose\|disease=Rocky mountain spotted fever\|drug=Doxycycline\|dose=100mg PO BID x 5-7 days\|context=First line\|population=Adult}}<ref>Shandera WX, Roig IL: Viral & Rickettsial Infections, in Papadakis MA, McPhee SJ (eds): Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, ed 52. USA, McGraw-Hill, 2013, (Ch) 32: p 1412-1413.</ref>
	**Indicated also in children at 2.2mg/kg BID		**Indicated also in children at 2.2mg/kg BID
	*{{AntibioticDose\|disease=Rocky ~~Mountain~~ spotted fever\|drug=Chloramphenicol\|dose=50-100mg/kg/day div q6hrs (max 4g/day)\|context=Preferred in pregnancy\|population=Adult}}		*{{AntibioticDose\|disease=Rocky mountain spotted fever\|drug=Chloramphenicol\|dose=50-100mg/kg/day div q6hrs (max 4g/day)\|context=Preferred in pregnancy\|population=Adult}}
	**Preferred agent in pregnancy. May cause [[aplastic anemia]] and [[Grey baby syndrome]], more common in near term or 3rd trimester<ref name="http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/">http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/</ref>		**Preferred agent in pregnancy. May cause [[aplastic anemia]] and [[Grey baby syndrome]], more common in near term or 3rd trimester<ref name="http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/">http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/</ref>
	**Consideration should be made for doxycycline over CAM in the 3rd trimester		**Consideration should be made for doxycycline over CAM in the 3rd trimester

Danbot: Convert to AntibioticDose with disease=Rocky Mountain spotted fever for SMW linking

2026-03-20T01:35:39Z

Convert to AntibioticDose with disease=Rocky Mountain spotted fever for SMW linking

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	*[[Doxycycline~~]] 100 mg~~ BID ~~for~~ 5-7 days<ref>Shandera WX, Roig IL: Viral & Rickettsial Infections, in Papadakis MA, McPhee SJ (eds): Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, ed 52. USA, McGraw-Hill, 2013, (Ch) 32: p 1412-1413.</ref>		*{{AntibioticDose\|disease=Rocky Mountain spotted fever\|drug=Doxycycline\|dose=100mg PO BID x 5-7 days\|context=First line\|population=Adult}}<ref>Shandera WX, Roig IL: Viral & Rickettsial Infections, in Papadakis MA, McPhee SJ (eds): Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, ed 52. USA, McGraw-Hill, 2013, (Ch) 32: p 1412-1413.</ref>
	**Indicated also in children at 2.2mg/kg BID		**Indicated also in children at 2.2mg/kg BID
	*[[Chloramphenicol~~]] (CAM)~~ 50-~~100 mg~~/kg/day div ~~Q6hr~~ (~~Max dose =~~ 4g/day)		*{{AntibioticDose\|disease=Rocky Mountain spotted fever\|drug=Chloramphenicol\|dose=50-100mg/kg/day div q6hrs (max 4g/day)\|context=Preferred in pregnancy\|population=Adult}}
	**Preferred agent in pregnancy. May cause [[aplastic anemia]] and [[Grey baby syndrome]], more common in near term or 3rd trimester<ref name="http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/">http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/</ref>		**Preferred agent in pregnancy. May cause [[aplastic anemia]] and [[Grey baby syndrome]], more common in near term or 3rd trimester<ref name="http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/">http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/</ref>
	**Consideration should be made for doxycycline over CAM in the 3rd trimester		**Consideration should be made for doxycycline over CAM in the 3rd trimester

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2019-01-18T23:00:35Z

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*[[Doxycycline]] 100 mg BID for 5-7 days<ref>Shandera WX, Roig IL: Viral & Rickettsial Infections, in Papadakis MA, McPhee SJ (eds): Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, ed 52. USA, McGraw-Hill, 2013, (Ch) 32: p 1412-1413.</ref>
**Indicated also in children at 2.2mg/kg BID
*[[Chloramphenicol]] (CAM) 50-100 mg/kg/day div Q6hr (Max dose = 4g/day)
**Preferred agent in pregnancy. May cause [[aplastic anemia]] and [[Grey baby syndrome]], more common in near term or 3rd trimester<ref name="http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/">http://www.cdc.gov/rmsf/</ref>
**Consideration should be made for doxycycline over CAM in the 3rd trimester