Dermoscopy for Tick Bite: Reconfirmation of the Usefulness for the Initial Diagnosis

Ticks transmit a variety of infectious diseases. Diagnosis requires verification of a tick's presence. Here, we describe a 61-year-old woman bitten by an eight-legged nymphal Amblyomma testudinarium. We re-emphasize the usefulness of dermoscopy for identifying signs of the bite and determining...

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Autores principales: Matsuda, Masahiro, Oiso, Naoki, Yano, Yasuhiro, Kawada, Akira
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: April 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21577370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000328181
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Sumario:Ticks transmit a variety of infectious diseases. Diagnosis requires verification of a tick's presence. Here, we describe a 61-year-old woman bitten by an eight-legged nymphal Amblyomma testudinarium. We re-emphasize the usefulness of dermoscopy for identifying signs of the bite and determining the species of the biting tick.

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