Foissac M., Socolovschi C., Raoult Didier. (2013). Les nouveautés sur le syndrome SENLAT : Scalp Eschar and Neck LymphAdenopathy after Tick bite. Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie, 140 (10), p. 598-609. ISSN 0151-9638.
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Les nouveautés sur le syndrome SENLAT : Scalp Eschar and Neck LymphAdenopathy after Tick bite
Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie, 2013,
140 (10), p. 598-609 ISSN 0151-9638
SENLAT syndrome, also known as TIBOLA/DEBONEL, is an emerging disease in France. The major symptoms are necrotic eschar on the scalp associated with painful cervical lymphadenopathy. It occurs mainly in women and children during the cold seasons after a bite by a Dermacentor tick, responsible for transmitting Rickettsia slovaca or Rickettsia raoultii. Cutaneous swabs are safe, easy and reliable toots that should be used routinely by physicians to confirm diagnosis. In this particular disease, they should be preferred to serology, which is less sensitive. Doxycycline is the antibiotic of choice for this syndrome.
