Tick-borne relapsing fever with cutaneous eschar and radiculopathy, Ethiopia

J Travel Med. 2012 Jul;19(4):261-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00625.x.

Abstract

We report the first confirmed case of tick-borne borreliosis by molecular tools in a French traveler returning from Ethiopia with unusual presentation: the presence of cutaneous eschar after a hard tick-bite suggesting firstly to clinicians a diagnosis of tick-borne rickettsiosis.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Borrelia burgdorferi* / genetics
  • Borrelia burgdorferi* / isolation & purification
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ethiopia
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • Radiculopathy / etiology
  • Relapsing Fever / complications
  • Relapsing Fever / diagnosis*
  • Relapsing Fever / microbiology
  • Skin / pathology
  • Travel