A Case of Fever and Rash After a Tick Bite

A 55-year-old man who lived in rural Indiana with a history of diabetes mellitus type 2 presented to the Emergency Department in May with 5 days of headache, fever to 104 °F, diffuse myalgias, and generalized weakness. He frequently performed yardwork. He had noticed a tick on his arm 10 days before...

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Autor principal: Ridgway, Jessica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7122978/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64906-1_40
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description A 55-year-old man who lived in rural Indiana with a history of diabetes mellitus type 2 presented to the Emergency Department in May with 5 days of headache, fever to 104 °F, diffuse myalgias, and generalized weakness. He frequently performed yardwork. He had noticed a tick on his arm 10 days before that he removed with tweezers. He reported that it was not engorged. Three weeks prior to presentation, he went camping in the forest and slept in a cabin. He had frequent contact with his 3-year-old granddaughter who had a recent febrile upper respiratory illness.
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spelling pubmed-71229782020-04-06 A Case of Fever and Rash After a Tick Bite Ridgway, Jessica The Infectious Disease Diagnosis Article A 55-year-old man who lived in rural Indiana with a history of diabetes mellitus type 2 presented to the Emergency Department in May with 5 days of headache, fever to 104 °F, diffuse myalgias, and generalized weakness. He frequently performed yardwork. He had noticed a tick on his arm 10 days before that he removed with tweezers. He reported that it was not engorged. Three weeks prior to presentation, he went camping in the forest and slept in a cabin. He had frequent contact with his 3-year-old granddaughter who had a recent febrile upper respiratory illness. 2017-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7122978/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64906-1_40 Text en © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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