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Case Reports
. 2007 Feb;13(2):334-6.
doi: 10.3201/eid1302.061295.

Rickettsia parkeri infection after tick bite, Virginia

Timothy J Whitman  1 , Allen L Richards, Christopher D Paddock, Cindy L Tamminga, Patrick J Sniezek, Ju Jiang, David K Byers, John W Sanders
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Rickettsia parkeri infection after tick bite, Virginia

Timothy J Whitman et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Feb.

Abstract

We describe a man with a febrile illness and an eschar that developed at the site of a tick bite. Rickettsia parkeri was detected and isolated from the eschar. This report represents the second documented case of R. parkeri rickettsiosis in a US serviceman in eastern Virginia.

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Figure 1
Eschar on right pretibial region.
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Figure 2
Multiple papules on torso, upper arms, and legs.
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