Jensenius M, Hasle G, Henriksen A Z, Vene S, Raoult D, Bruu A L, Myrvang B
Department of Internal Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Scand J Infect Dis. 1999;31(2):131-3. doi: 10.1080/003655499750006155.
We report on 8 Norwegian travellers to Southern Africa with African tick-bite fever (ATBF), a recently described spotted fever group rickettsiosis. All patients had acute flu-like symptoms and developed I or multiple inoculation eschars. The patients were treated with either doxycycline or ciprofloxacin, and all recovered. The diagnosis of ATBF was confirmed by the detection of specific IgM antibodies to Rickettsia africae by microimmunofluoroscence in convalescent-phase serum samples.
我们报告了8名前往南部非洲的挪威旅行者感染非洲蜱咬热（ATBF）的病例，这是一种最近被描述的斑点热群立克次体病。所有患者均有急性流感样症状，并出现一处或多处接种性焦痂。患者接受了强力霉素或环丙沙星治疗，均康复。通过微量免疫荧光法检测恢复期血清样本中针对非洲立克次体的特异性IgM抗体，确诊为非洲蜱咬热。
