Mediterranean spotted fever due to contact with dog-tick

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dc.authorscopusid24480152400
dc.authorscopusid56227871000
dc.authorscopusid24479336900
dc.authorscopusid24470619400
dc.authorscopusid14319011400
dc.authorscopusid6603845279
dc.authorscopusid27169492000
dc.contributor.authorÖztoprak N.
dc.contributor.authorÇelebi G.
dc.contributor.authorAydemir H.
dc.contributor.authorPişkin N.
dc.contributor.authorBektaş S.
dc.contributor.authorKoca R.
dc.contributor.authorKulo?lu F.
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T10:28:07Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T10:28:07Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractMediterranean spotted fever (MSF) is one of the tick-borne rickettsial infections caused by Rickettsia conorii. It is transmitted to humans by brown dog ticks (Rhipicepholus songuineus). In this case report, a 16-years-old male patient who was diagnosed as MSF after an exposure to dog-tick in Bartin province (located at middle Black Sea region of Turkey) has been presented. His history revealed that, five days before admission to the hospital (on June, 2007) he had cleaned dog-ticks from his dog, and after 12 hours he found a stucked tick on his leg and he took it out right away with a tweezer. High fever, headache and generalized maculopapular rash including soles and palms and a black-colored lesion at the tick bite site developed three days later. In clinical examination, there was a black escar circled with a red-purple colored halo in front of the right tibia at the site of the tick bite showing high similarity to "tache noire" which was specific to MSF. Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for Rickettsia yielded negative result in the serum sample collected on admission day, however, it was found positive at 1/512 titer in the serum sample collected 10 days after admission. The patient has recovered completely without any complication after 10 days of doxycycline therapy. The aim of this presentation is to point out that MSF should be considered for the differential diagnosis of a patient with a history of tick bite, fever, maculopapular rash, headache, myalgia, arthralgia and especially with black escar during summer months in our country where the incidence of tick-borne infections has been increasing since recent years.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage706en_US
dc.identifier.issn0374-9096
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid19149095en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-55949096191en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage701en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/17081
dc.identifier.volume42en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.relation.ispartofMikrobiyoloji Bultenien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectDog-Tick; Mediterranean Spotted Fever; Rickettsia Conorii; Tache Noireen_US
dc.subjectAdolescent; Animal; Article; Bites And Stings; Boutonneuse Fever; Case Report; Disease Transmission; Dog; Human; Male; Microbiology; Parasite Vector; Pathology; Physiology; Rhipicephalus; Rickettsia Conorii; Adolescent; Animals; Arachnid Vectors; Bites And Stings; Boutonneuse Fever; Dogs; Humans; Male; Rhipicephalus; Rickettsia Conoriien_US
dc.titleMediterranean spotted fever due to contact with dog-ticken_US
dc.title.alternativeKöpek kenesi ile temas sonras?nda gelişen akdeniz benekli ateşien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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