African tick bite fever: not a spotless rickettsiosis!

Toutous-Trellu L; Péter O; Chavaz P; Saurat JH

doi:10.1067/mjd.2003.122

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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

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Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. - 2003

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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