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Rickettsialpox: Report of an Outbreak and a Contemporary Review

1981; Wolters Kluwer; Volume: 60; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00005792-198109000-00004

1536-5964

Lee Brettman, Sharon R. Lewin, Robert S. Holzman, WILLIAM D. GOLDMAN, John S. Marr, Paul Kechijian, Roger Schinella,

Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders

Rickettsialpox is a mild illness characterized by the appearance of a primary eschar at the site of a mite bite followed by fever, headache, and a papulovesicular rash. It can be confused with a variety of illnesses including several other rickettsial diseases and chickenpox. R. akari, the etiologic agent, is a rickettsia belonging to the spotted fever group (SFG) of rickettsial illnesses. In spite of significant serologic cross-reactivity with other SFG agents, there is no convincing evidence of cross-immunity to these agents after recovery from rickettsialpox. Tetracyclinie is the drug of choice in the treatment of this disease.