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- Title
Diagnosis and treatment of tick infestation and tick-borne diseases with cutaneous manifestations.
- Authors
DANA, ALI N.
- Abstract
Hard and soft ticks may be associated directly or indirectly with a number of dermatoses, both infectious and inflammatory in origin. Morbidity may occur as a result of tick bites, tick toxicosis, and even infestation. These arthropod vectors may transmit life-threatening protozoan, bacterial, rickettsial, and viral diseases with systemic and cutaneous findings. Additionally, ticks may transmit more than one pathogen with subsequent human coinfection. This article reviews the presentation of tick-borne illnesses and the medical management of these diseases. Among others, diseases such as ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, tularemia, borrelioses, tick-borne encephalitides, rickettsial spotted fevers, and tick typhus are discussed in this article. The recognition of skin manifestations associated with these diseases is paramount to early diagnosis and treatment initiation.
- Subjects
TICKS as carriers of disease; TICK-borne diseases; CUTANEOUS manifestations of general diseases; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA; FLAVIVIRUSES; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Dermatologic Therapy, 2009, Vol 22, Issue 4, p293
- ISSN
1396-0296
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1529-8019.2009.01244.x