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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Dispatch

Human Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia parkeri Strain Atlantic Rainforest, Urabá, Colombia

Margarita Arboleda, Leidy Y. Acevedo-Gutiérrez, Alejandra Ávila, Dairo Ospina, Francisco J. Díaz, David H. WalkerComments to Author , and Juan D. Rodas
Author affiliations: Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical–CES, Medellín, Colombia (M. Arboleda); Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín (L.Y. Acevedo-Gutiérrez, F.J. Díaz, J.D. Rodas); Clínica Aurora y Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín (A. Ávila); Clínica Chinita, Apartadó, Colombia (D. Ospina); University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (D. Walker)

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Eschar of inoculation and lymphadenopathy in patient with febrile syndrome caused by a strain of Rickettsia parkeri, Colombia. A) A 1 .3 × 1.6 cm eschar with an erythematous halo is present at the site of a tick bite above the left iliac crest. B) A closer view reveals a brown-black crust and a collarette of desquamation. C) Distended skin overlying enlarged draining lymph nodes, 3.5 cm in length, is visible in the left inguinal region.

Figure. Eschar of inoculation and lymphadenopathy in patient with febrile syndrome caused by a strain of Rickettsia parkeri, Colombia. A) A 1 .3 × 1.6 cm eschar with an erythematous halo is present at the site of a tick bite above the left iliac crest. B) A closer view reveals a brown-black crust and a collarette of desquamation. C) Distended skin overlying enlarged draining lymph nodes, 3.5 cm in length, is visible in the left inguinal region.

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