[Diagnostic image (157). A man with fever and a 'tache noire' after a holiday in South Africa. Rickettsiosis, probably African tick-bite fever]

B M Diederen; A G Buiting

[Diagnostic image (157). A man with fever and a 'tache noire' after a holiday in South Africa. Rickettsiosis, probably African tick-bite fever]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2003 Sep 20;147(38):1852.

[Article in Dutch]

Authors

B M Diederen¹, A G Buiting

Affiliation

¹ Streeklaboratorium voor de Volksgezondheid, Laboratorium voor Medische Microbiologie en Immunologie, Postbus 747, 5000 AS Tilburg. b.diederen@elisabeth.nl

PMID: 14533497

Abstract

A 54-year-old man presented with fever and an eschar, probably caused by African tick-bite fever, contracted during a holiday in South Africa. He recovered rapidly after treatment with doxycyclin.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Bites and Stings / pathology*
Doxycycline / therapeutic use*
Fever / etiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Rickettsia Infections / diagnosis*
Rickettsia Infections / drug therapy
South Africa
Travel*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Doxycycline