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African tick bite fever: Not a spotless rickettsiosis!
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2003 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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Lancet Infectious Diseases, The, 2003
African tick bite fever is an acute febrile illness that is frequently accompanied by headache, prominent neck muscle myalgia, inoculation eschars, and regional lymphadenitis. The disease is caused by Rickettsia africae, a recently identified spotted fever group rickettsia, which is transmitted by ungulate ticks of the Amblyomma genus in rural sub ...
Pierre-Édouard Fournier +2 more
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African tick bite fever is an acute febrile illness that is frequently accompanied by headache, prominent neck muscle myalgia, inoculation eschars, and regional lymphadenitis. The disease is caused by Rickettsia africae, a recently identified spotted fever group rickettsia, which is transmitted by ungulate ticks of the Amblyomma genus in rural sub ...
Pierre-Édouard Fournier +2 more
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African Tick-Bite Fever in a Returning Traveler
Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015African tick bite fever (ATBF) is an emerging infection endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and increasingly noted in travelers to the region.We present a case of ATBF in a 63-year-old man who presented with complaints of a rash and fever to the emergency department.
William D, Binder, Rajat, Gupta
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Tache Noire in African Tick Bite Fever
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2009A fever of 39°C, headache, and malaise developed in a traveler from Germany who had returned from a four week vacation to the east coast of South Africa. She had visited friends in a rural area and had been on a safari. During the tour, she had discovered a painless lesion on her abdomen. A similar, but smaller lesion had developed on her arm.
Dennis Tappe +2 more
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African tick bite fever – Papulovesicular exanthem with fever after staying in South Africa
JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 2007 SummaryIn the wake of expanding international tourism, rickettsioses are increasingly observed also in central Europe. African tick bite fever is a recently described, acute febrile illness with characteristic skin lesions.It is caused by Rickettsia africae, which is transmitted to humans by ticks of the Amblyomma genus.
Schuster, Jan +6 more
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Sub-acute neuropathy in patients with African tick bite fever
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2006African tick bite fever (ATBF) caused by Rickettsia africae is an emerging health problem in travellers to sub-Saharan Africa. We here present 6 patients with evidence of long-lasting sub-acute neuropathy following ATBF contracted during safari trips to southern Africa.
Pierre-Édouard Fournier +2 more
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African Tick-bite Fever Imported into Norway: Presentation of 8 Cases
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999We report on 8 Norwegian travellers to Southern Africa with African tick-bite fever (ATBF), a recently described spotted fever group rickettsiosis. All patients had acute flu-like symptoms and developed I or multiple inoculation eschars. The patients were treated with either doxycycline or ciprofloxacin, and all recovered.
Didier Raoult, M Jensenius
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Rickettsia africae an Agent of African Tick Bite Fever in Ticks Collected from Domestic Animals in Eastern Cape, South Africa [PDF]
Pathogens, 2020 Background: Ticks transmit a plethora of pathogens of zoonotic implications. Their distribution, diversity and the pathogens they transmit differ from one ecological location to another. Rickettsia africae is the agent of African tick bite fever found in
Benson C Iweriebor +2 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
African Tick-Bite Fever Two brothers returned from travel to sub-Saharan Africa with fever, headache, and multiple eschars. A diagnosis of African tick-bite fever was made.
Mack, Ines, Ritz, Nicole
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African Tick-Bite Fever Two brothers returned from travel to sub-Saharan Africa with fever, headache, and multiple eschars. A diagnosis of African tick-bite fever was made.
Mack, Ines, Ritz, Nicole
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010 African tick-bite fever (ATBF) is a newly described spotted fever rickettsiosis that frequently presents with multiple eschars in travelers returning from sub-Saharan Africa and, to a lesser extent, from the West Indies.
Gilbert Greub +2 more
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