%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Tomasiewicz, K.
%A Krzowska-Firych, J.
%A Bielec, D.
%A Socolovschi, C.
%A Raoult, Didier
%T First case of imported African tick-bite fever in Poland - Case report
%D 2015
%L PAR00013849
%G ENG
%J Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
%@ 1232-1966
%K African tick-bite fever ; Rickettsia africae ; Poland ; case report
%K POLOGNE
%M ISI:000364164500004
%N 3
%P 412-413
%R 10.5604/12321966.1167703
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00013849
%V 22
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X This is the first report of a case of African tick bite fever (ATBF) imported to Poland from South-Africa. The patient presented with fever of 38.4 degrees C, generalized maculopapular rash and single eschar. Diagnosis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from eschar biopsies. The patient recovered without any sequelae after 7 days treatment with doxycycline.
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