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Case Reports
. 2003 Sep 20;147(38):1852.

[Diagnostic image (157). A man with fever and a 'tache noire' after a holiday in South Africa. Rickettsiosis, probably African tick-bite fever]

[Article in Dutch]
B M Diederen  1 , A G Buiting
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  • PMID: 14533497
Case Reports

[Diagnostic image (157). A man with fever and a 'tache noire' after a holiday in South Africa. Rickettsiosis, probably African tick-bite fever]

[Article in Dutch]
B M Diederen et al. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. .

Abstract

A 54-year-old man presented with fever and an eschar, probably caused by African tick-bite fever, contracted during a holiday in South Africa. He recovered rapidly after treatment with doxycyclin.

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