title: African tick bite fever: not a spotless rickettsiosis!
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Geneva University Hospital, Genéve, Switzerland. laurence.Trellu@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Toutous-Trellu
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Péter
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chavaz
authors.forename: Jean-Hilaire
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Saurat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013019:South Africa; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013987:Ticks