[Mediterranean spotted fever. A case report and review of literature].

A patient was documented as having mediterranean spotted fever by indirect immunofluorescence antibody test and inoculation of the patient's blood into the yolk sac of embryonated hen egg. In general, the infection of rickettsia conorii is caused by bite of infected tick. The infection in this case, however, occurred in a laboratory, so the transmitting route might be infected aerosol via impaired mucous membrane.