African Tick Bite Fever Treated Successfully With Rifampin in a Patient With Doxycycline Intolerance

African tick bite fever is the most commonly encountered travel-associated rickettsiosis, occurring in as many as 5% of travelers returning from rural subequatorial Africa. This case report illustrates that rifampin represents an effective alternative to doxycycline for treatment of African tick bit...

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Published inClinical infectious diseases Vol. 65; no. 9; pp. 1582 - 1584
Main Authors Strand, Andrew, Paddock, Christopher D., Rinehart, Alex R., Condit, Marah E., Marus, Jessica R., Gillani, Shezeen, Chung, Ida H., Fowler, Vance G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 01.11.2017
Subjects
African tick-bite fever
Alternatives
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Antibiotics
Bacterial infections
BRIEF REPORTS
Doxycycline
Doxycycline - adverse effects
Drug therapy
Fever
Humans
Insect bites
Intolerance
Male
Middle Aged
Rickettsia
Rickettsiosis
Rifampin
Rifampin - administration & dosage
Rifampin - therapeutic use
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis - diagnosis
Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis - drug therapy
Rickettsia africae
rifampin
African tick bite fever
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Summary:African tick bite fever is the most commonly encountered travel-associated rickettsiosis, occurring in as many as 5% of travelers returning from rural subequatorial Africa. This case report illustrates that rifampin represents an effective alternative to doxycycline for treatment of African tick bite fever in some selective situations.
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ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/cix363