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Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Whitman, Timothy J., Richards, Allen L., Paddock, Christopher D., Tamminga, Cindy L., Sniezek, Patrick J., Jiang, Ju, Byers, David K., Sanders, John W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17479907
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1302.061295
Descripción
Sumario: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.