Pacific Coast tick fever

Pacific Coast tick fever is an infection caused by Rickettsia philipii.^[2] The disease is spread by the Pacific coast ticks.^[2] Symptoms may include an eschar.^[2] It is within a group known as spotted fever rickettsiosis together with Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and rickettsialpox.^[3] These infections can be difficult to tell apart.^[3]

Pacific Coast tick fever
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Subclass:	"Rickettsidae"
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 the Pacific coast tick[2]
Differential diagnosis	Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rickettsialpox[3]