Unusual location of an inoculation lesion in a traveler with African tick-bite fever returning from South Africa.
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.
Consigny
Paul Henri
PH
Institut Pasteur, Medical Centre, Paris, France. consigny@pasteur.fr
Schuett
Ina
I
Fraitag
Sylvie
S
Rolain
Jean-Marc
JM
Buffet
Pierre
P
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline