title: African tick-bite fever in a returning traveler.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  African tick bite fever (ATBF) is an emerging infection endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and increasingly noted in travelers to the region.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of ATBF in a 63-year-old man who presented with complaints of a rash and fever to the emergency department. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Rickettsial diseases are increasingly common and are seen on every continent except Antarctica. Many factors are contributing to their prevalence, and they have become the second most common cause of fever behind malaria in the traveler returning from Africa. Due to the global distribution of rickettsial diseases, as well as increasing international travel, emergency physicians might encounter ill and febrile travelers. A careful travel history and examination will enable the emergency physician to consider spotted fever group rickettsial diseases in their differential diagnosis for single and multiple eschars.
authors: Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Department of Emergency Medicine, 125 Whipple Street, Providence, RI 02902.
authors: William D
authors: WD
authors: Binder
authors: Department of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Rajat
authors: R
authors: Gupta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012281:Rickettsia; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013019:South Africa; D064927:Tick Bites / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014195:Travel
keywords: African tick bite fever; rickettsia