Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2004-Apr
Dermacentor-borne necrosis erythema and lymphadenopathy: clinical and epidemiological features of a new tick-borne disease.
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Abstract
This paper describes the epidemiological and clinical features of a tick-borne disease differing somewhat from other tick-borne diseases found previously in Spain. All patients were bitten by Dermacentor marginatus or a large tick. The clinical features include a crustaceous or necrotic lesion at the site of the tick's attachment, surrounded by an erythema (erythema migrans-like) and painful regional lymphadenopathies. The probable aetiological agent is Rickettsia slovaca. Similar cases have been reported in other European countries.