Journal article
African tick bite fever: not a spotless rickettsiosis!
- Toutous-Trellu L Dermatology Department, Geneva University Hospital, Genéve, Switzerland. laurence.Trellu@hcuge.ch
- Péter O
- Chavaz P
- Saurat JH
- 2003-02-13
Published in:
- Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. - 2003
Aged
Animals
Bites and Stings
Humans
Male
Rickettsia Infections
South Africa
Tick-Borne Diseases
Ticks
English
African tick bite fever is caused by Rickettsia africae, a newly recognized species from South Africa. We report the case of a patient with an unusual site of a tick bite and discuss cutaneous differences from other spotted fevers that may help dermatologists with clinical diagnosis.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1067/mjd.2003.122
- PMID 12582376
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/200597
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