Coagulation, ticks

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Scarlet fever, cellulitis, cat scratch disease, gas gangrene, necrotizing fasciitis, tick-borne diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, pneumonia, septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), disseminated intravascular coagulation. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Malaria, typhoid fever, shigellosis, meningococcemia, salmonella infection, other tick-borne diseases, rickettsial infections, leukemia, lupus, disseminated intravascular coagulation, hemolytic uremic syndrome, leptospirosis, thrombocytopenic purpura, and idiopathic or thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. 

Suggested Alternatives for Differential Diagnosis Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, spotted fevers, typhus, malaria, hepatitis, Colorado tick fever, septicemia, heat stroke, disseminated intravascular coagulation, leptospirosis, hemolytic uremic syndrome. 

Vlasuk GP. Structural and functional characterization of tick anticoagulant peptide (TAP) a potent and selective inhibitor of blood coagulation factor Xa. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 1993 70 212-216. 

Waxman L, Smith DE, Arcuri KE, Vlasuk GP. Tick anticoagulant peptide (TAP) is a novel inhibitor of blood coagulation factor Xa, Science 1990 248 593. 

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