Abstract
Two Italian patients are described who, back from a journey to South Africa countryside, presented with a 'tache-noire'-like lesion on their upper arms and a seropapular varicella-like rash. Weil-Felix reaction was negative. History, the peculiar clinical features and the prompt response to tetracycline therapy allow the diagnosis of rickettsial-pox to be made even in the absence of the specific tests of complement fixation.
Translated title of the contribution | Rickettsial pox or the risks of hunting |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 183-185 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia |
Volume | 126 |
Issue number | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology