Imported African tick bite fever: a case report.
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Sexton, DJ; Corey, GR; Greenfield, JC; Burton, CS; Raoult, D
Published in: Am J Trop Med Hyg
May 1999
We describe a patient with African tick-bite fever who acquired his infection while visiting rural areas of South Africa and then became sick after returning to the United States. The dominant clinical feature of his illness was the presence of multiple, ulcerated lesions (tache noires). Physicians in the United States and other non-African countries who see travelers returning from southern parts of Africa who give a history of recent tick bite and/or present with multiple, crusted or vesicular skin lesions should be alert to this diagnosis and institute treatment with doxycycline.
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Am J Trop Med Hyg
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ISSN
0002-9637
Publication Date
May 1999
Volume
60
Issue
5
Start / End Page
865 / 867
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Tropical Medicine
- Travel
- Tick-Borne Diseases
- South Africa
- Skin
- Rickettsia Infections
- Male
- Humans
- Aged
- 42 Health sciences
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Sexton, D. J., Corey, G. R., Greenfield, J. C., Burton, C. S., & Raoult, D. (1999). Imported African tick bite fever: a case report. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 60(5), 865–867. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.865
Sexton, D. J., G. R. Corey, J. C. Greenfield, C. S. Burton, and D. Raoult. “Imported African tick bite fever: a case report.” Am J Trop Med Hyg 60, no. 5 (May 1999): 865–67. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.865.
Sexton DJ, Corey GR, Greenfield JC, Burton CS, Raoult D. Imported African tick bite fever: a case report. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 May;60(5):865–7.
Sexton, D. J., et al. “Imported African tick bite fever: a case report.” Am J Trop Med Hyg, vol. 60, no. 5, May 1999, pp. 865–67. Pubmed, doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.865.
Sexton DJ, Corey GR, Greenfield JC, Burton CS, Raoult D. Imported African tick bite fever: a case report. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 May;60(5):865–867.
Published In
Am J Trop Med Hyg
DOI
ISSN
0002-9637
Publication Date
May 1999
Volume
60
Issue
5
Start / End Page
865 / 867
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Tropical Medicine
- Travel
- Tick-Borne Diseases
- South Africa
- Skin
- Rickettsia Infections
- Male
- Humans
- Aged
- 42 Health sciences