title: Rickettsia parkeri infection after tick bite, Virginia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: US Navy Infectious Diseases Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889, USA. tjwhitman@bethesda.med.navy.mil
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Whitman
authors.forename: Allen L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Paddock
authors.forename: Cindy L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Tamminga
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Sniezek
authors.forename: Ju
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Byers
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004318:Doxycycline