Abstract

We report the first confirmed case of tick-borne borreliosis by molecular tools in a French traveler returning from Ethiopia with unusual presentation: the presence of cutaneous eschar after a hard tick-bite suggesting firstly to clinicians a diagnosis of tick-borne rickettsiosis.

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Authors

Socolovschi C, Honnorat E, Consigny PH, Dougados J, Passeron A, Parola P, Raoult D

Institution

Unité de recherche en maladies infectieuses et tropicales emergentes UMR 6236, CNRS-IRD 198, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.

Source

Journal of travel medicine 19:4 2012 Jul pg 261-3

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22776391