Scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy caused by Rickettsia massiliae

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 May;19(5):836-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1905.121169.
No abstract available

Keywords: Rickettsia; Rickettsia massiliae; bacteria; eschar; fever; lymphadenopathy; scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy; tick.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Alopecia / etiology
  • Alopecia / microbiology*
  • Alopecia / pathology
  • Animals
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Base Sequence
  • Cicatrix / etiology
  • Cicatrix / microbiology*
  • Cicatrix / pathology
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Dermacentor / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Diseases / etiology
  • Lymphatic Diseases / microbiology*
  • Lymphatic Diseases / pathology
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Rickettsia / genetics*
  • Rickettsia / isolation & purification
  • Rickettsia Infections / complications
  • Rickettsia Infections / microbiology*
  • Rickettsia Infections / pathology
  • Scalp / microbiology*
  • Scalp / pathology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF123714
  • GENBANK/JN043507
  • GENBANK/JQ480842