Rickettsia parkeri infection after tick bite, Virginia.
We describe a man with a febrile illness and an eschar that developed at the site of a tick bite. Rickettsia parkeri was detected and isolated from the eschar. This report represents the second documented case of R. parkeri rickettsiosis in a US serviceman in eastern Virginia.
Whitman
Timothy J
TJ
US Navy Infectious Diseases Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA. tjwhitman@bethesda.med.navy.mil
Richards
Allen L
AL
Paddock
Christopher D
CD
Tamminga
Cindy L
CL
Sniezek
Patrick J
PJ
Jiang
Ju
J
Byers
David K
DK
Sanders
John W
JW
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*; D014768:Virginia
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004318:Doxycycline