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CASE REPORTS IN DERMATOLOGY
Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 68-73Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000326941
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Rickettsia tamurae infection; Spotted fever group; Amblyomma testudinarium; Local skin inflammation; Human pathogen
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A case of Rickettsia tamurae infection in Japan is reported. A 76-year-old Japanese male had a tick bite which developed to local skin inflammation on his left leg. Anti-rickettsia antibodies were detected in his serum, and R. tamurae DNA was identified in his blood, the lesional skin, and the tick.
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