[Diagnostic image (157). A man with fever and a 'tache noire' after a holiday in South Africa. Rickettsiosis, probably African tick-bite fever].
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.
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Streeklaboratorium voor de Volksgezondheid, Laboratorium voor Medische Microbiologie en Immunologie, Postbus 747, 5000 AS Tilburg. b.diederen@elisabeth.nl
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000473:pathology*; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013019:South Africa; D014195:Travel
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline