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North Queensland tick typhus
Etiology: Rickettsia australis
Epidemiology:
1) endemic in Australia
2) transmitted by ticks
Clinical manifestations:
1) maculopapular skin eruption (rarely vesicular & petechial)
2) eschar at site of tick bite
3) eruption on proximal extremities, spreading to face & trunk
3) headaches
4) myalgias
5) regional adenopathy
Management: see Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Related
eschar
Rickettsia australis
General
rickettsial spotted fever; tick typhus
References
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 91