African tick-bite fever: A new entity in the differential diagnosis of multiple eschars in travelers. Description of five cases imported from South Africa to Switzerland

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Althaus, Fabrice ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^c   Genton, Blaise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

African tick bite fever; Intracellular bacteria; Rickettsia; Spotted fever; Travel medicine

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER ENZYME;

AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESCHAR; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHANGITIS; MULTIPLE INOCULATION ESCHAR; RASH; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SWITZERLAND; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; TRAVEL;

EID: 77957365490     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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