Mediterranean spotted fever as a non‐endemic disease in the southeast of Iran: Diagnosis and treatment based on specific skin lesion

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Rickettsia spp. should be investigated if Tache Noire, as a dark plaque covering a superficial ulcer surrounded by scale, edema, and erythema, are observed, even in non‐endemic areas of Rickettsia spp. ABSTRACT: A 31‐year‐old man with fever, dyspnea, abdominal pain, and jaundic...

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Autores principales: Farrokhnia, Mehrdad, Shafieipour, Sara, Nakhaie, Mohsen, Rukerd, Mohammad Rezaei Zadeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10276244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37334342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7577
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author Farrokhnia, Mehrdad
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description KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Rickettsia spp. should be investigated if Tache Noire, as a dark plaque covering a superficial ulcer surrounded by scale, edema, and erythema, are observed, even in non‐endemic areas of Rickettsia spp. ABSTRACT: A 31‐year‐old man with fever, dyspnea, abdominal pain, and jaundice has been admitted to the hospital in the southeast of Iran. Due to the presence of a pathognomonic skin lesion (Tache noire), the patient was diagnosed with Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) and was treated with doxycycline, without waiting for PCR and IFA findings.
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spelling pubmed-102762442023-06-18 Mediterranean spotted fever as a non‐endemic disease in the southeast of Iran: Diagnosis and treatment based on specific skin lesion Farrokhnia, Mehrdad Shafieipour, Sara Nakhaie, Mohsen Rukerd, Mohammad Rezaei Zadeh Clin Case Rep Case Images KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: Rickettsia spp. should be investigated if Tache Noire, as a dark plaque covering a superficial ulcer surrounded by scale, edema, and erythema, are observed, even in non‐endemic areas of Rickettsia spp. ABSTRACT: A 31‐year‐old man with fever, dyspnea, abdominal pain, and jaundice has been admitted to the hospital in the southeast of Iran. Due to the presence of a pathognomonic skin lesion (Tache noire), the patient was diagnosed with Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) and was treated with doxycycline, without waiting for PCR and IFA findings. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10276244/ /pubmed/37334342 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7577 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_full_unstemmed Mediterranean spotted fever as a non‐endemic disease in the southeast of Iran: Diagnosis and treatment based on specific skin lesion
title_short Mediterranean spotted fever as a non‐endemic disease in the southeast of Iran: Diagnosis and treatment based on specific skin lesion
title_sort mediterranean spotted fever as a non‐endemic disease in the southeast of iran: diagnosis and treatment based on specific skin lesion
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10276244/
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