African tick bite fever: not a spotless rickettsiosis!
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.
Toutous-Trellu
Laurence
L
Dermatology Department, Geneva University Hospital, Genéve, Switzerland. laurence.Trellu@hcuge.ch
Péter
Olivier
O
Chavaz
Pierre
P
Saurat
Jean-Hilaire
JH
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