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African tick bite fever
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ICD-10	A 77.8

African tick bite fever is a bacterial infection transmitted by the Amblyomma, Dermacentor or the Rhipicephalus family of ticks. ^[1] It is caused by the Rickettsia africae bacterium.^[2] The incubation period of the disease is from 5 to 7 days ^[3] and symptoms include fever, headache and a skin rash. The rash is characterized by scant lesions, often macular and/or vesicular.^[4]

References

^ Whitela, Andrew (31 July 2011). "Tick bite fever". health24. http://www.health24.com/medical/Condition_centres/777-792-824-1855,14021.asp. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ Jensenius M, Fournier PE, Kelly P, Myrvang B, Raoult D (September 2003). "African tick bite fever". Lancet Infect Dis 3 (9): 557–64. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(03)00739-4. PMID 12954562.
^ Frean, J,; Blumberg, L.; Ogunbanjo, GA (September 2008). "Tick bite fever in South Africa". South African Family Practice 50 (2): 33–35. http://www.safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/1112. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. pp. 1130. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.

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Infectious diseases · Bacterial diseases: Proteobacterial G− (primarily A00–A79, 001–041, 080–109)

Rickettsiales

Rickettsiaceae/
(Rickettsioses)

Typhus

Rickettsia typhi (Murine typhus) · Rickettsia prowazekii (Epidemic typhus, Brill–Zinsser disease, Flying squirrel typhus)

Spotted
fever

Tick-borne	Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain spotted fever) · Rickettsia conorii (Boutonneuse fever) · Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever) · Rickettsia sibirica (North Asian tick typhus) · Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) · Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever) · Rickettsia africae (African tick bite fever) · Rickettsia parkeri (American tick bite fever) · Rickettsia aeschlimannii (Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection)

Mite-borne	Rickettsia akari (Rickettsialpox) · Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub typhus)

Flea-borne	Rickettsia felis (Flea-borne spotted fever)

Anaplasmataceae

Ehrlichiosis: Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, Anaplasmosis) · Ehrlichia chaffeensis (Human monocytic ehrlichiosis) · Ehrlichia ewingii (Ehrlichiosis ewingii infection)

Rhizobiales

Brucellaceae	Brucella abortus (Brucellosis)

Bartonellaceae	Bartonellosis: Bartonella henselae (Cat scratch disease) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either henselae or quintana (Bacillary angiomatosis) · Bartonella bacilliformis (Carrion's disease, Verruga peruana)

Neisseriales	M+ Neisseria meningitidis/meningococcus (Meningococcal disease, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, Meningococcal septicaemia) M- Neisseria gonorrhoeae/gonococcus (Gonorrhea) ungrouped: Eikenella corrodens/Kingella kingae (HACEK) · Chromobacterium violaceum (Chromobacteriosis infection)

Burkholderiales	Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis) · Burkholderia mallei (Glanders) · Burkholderia cepacia complex · Bordetella pertussis/Bordetella parapertussis (Pertussis)

Enterobacteriales
(OX-)

Lac+

Klebsiella pneumoniae (Rhinoscleroma, Klebsiella pneumonia) · Klebsiella granulomatis (Granuloma inguinale) · Klebsiella oxytoca

Escherichia coli: Enterotoxigenic · Enteroinvasive · Enterohemorrhagic · O157:H7 · O104:H4 (Hemolytic-uremic syndrome)

Enterobacter aerogenes/Enterobacter cloacae

Slow/weak

Serratia marcescens (Serratia infection) · Citrobacter koseri/Citrobacter freundii

Lac-

H2S+	Salmonella enterica (Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever, Salmonellosis)

H2S-	Shigella dysenteriae/sonnei/flexneri/boydii (Shigellosis, Bacillary dysentery) · Proteus mirabilis/Proteus vulgaris · Yersinia pestis (Plague/Bubonic plague) · Yersinia enterocolitica · Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Pasteurellales

Haemophilus: H. influenzae (Haemophilus meningitis, Brazilian purpuric fever) · H. ducreyi (Chancroid) H. parainfluenzae (HACEK)

Pasteurella multocida (Pasteurellosis) · Actinobacillus (Actinobacillosis)

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (HACEK)

Legionellales

Legionella pneumophila/Legionella longbeachae (Legionellosis) · Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)

Thiotrichales

Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)

Vibrionales

Vibrio cholerae (Cholera) · Vibrio vulnificus · Vibrio parahaemolyticus · Vibrio alginolyticus · Plesiomonas shigelloides

Pseudomonadales

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pseudomonas infection) · Moraxella catarrhalis · Acinetobacter baumannii

Xanthomonadales

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Cardiobacteriales

Cardiobacterium hominis (HACEK)

Aeromonadales

Aeromonas hydrophila/Aeromonas veronii (Aeromonas infection)

Campylobacterales	Campylobacter jejuni (Campylobacteriosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome) · Helicobacter pylori (Peptic ulcer, MALT lymphoma) · Helicobacter cinaedi (Helicobacter cellulitis)

M: BAC

bact (clas)

gr+f/gr+a(t)/gr-p(c)/gr-o

drug(J1p, w, n, m, vacc)

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