title: [Boutonneuse fever in tourists as a model for clinical diagnosis of rickettsioses (author's transl)].
abstract: Case histories of boutonneuse fever are described in order to exemplify major characteristics of most rickettsioses: recent travel history, feverish illness with severe headache, skin eruptions and histological findings. Up-to-date informations concerning the epidemiologic situation of typhus, scrub typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are given. The characteristics of Q fever and the possibility of rickettsial laboratory infections are pointed out.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001907:Boutonneuse Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D012288:Rickettsiaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012675:Senegal; D012802:Sicily; D013987:Ticks; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D002701:Chloramphenicol
vernacular_title: Fièvre boutonneuse bei Touristen als Modell zur klinischen Diagnose der Rickettsiosen.