title: Unusual location of an inoculation lesion in a traveler with African tick-bite fever returning from South Africa.
abstract: African tick-bite fever is a common tick-borne rickettsiosis in sub-Saharan Africa. It is an acute febrile illness associated with one (or more) inoculation eschar, an inconstant eruption, and local lymphadenopathies. We describe the first case of mucosal inoculation lesion on the vulva in a female traveler returning from South Africa.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Medical Centre, Paris, France. consigny@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: Paul Henri
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Consigny
authors.forename: Ina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schuett
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fraitag
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rolain
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buffet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010297:Paris; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013019:South Africa; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014844:Vulva / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline