Rickettsia mongolotimonaeInfection in South Africa

Open Access

1 January 2004

journal article
case report
Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Vol. 10 (1) , 129-126
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1001.020662

Abstract

We report the first laboratory-confirmed case of Rickettsia mongolotimonae infection in Africa. The patient sought treatment for an eschar on his toe; lymphangitis, severe headaches, and fever subsequently developed. After a regimen of doxycycline, symptoms rapidly resolved. R. mongolotimonae infection was diagnosed retrospectively by serologic tests and molecular-based detection of the organism in biopsy specimens of eschar material.

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