boutonneuse fever

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boutonneuse fever - a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammalsIndian tick fever, Kenya fever, Marseilles feverdisease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

Boutonneuse Fever

boutonneuse fever

[′büt·ən‚üz ‚fē·vər] (medicine) fièvre boutonneuse

Boutonneuse Fever

(also Marseilles fever), an acute infectious disease of the rickettsioses group, accompanied by a rash on the torso, face, and limbs. The causative agent, Rickettsia conorii, is transmitted by the bite of the dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Boutonneuse fever was first discovered in Tunis in 1910 and later in the countries of the Mediterranean basin and on the Black Sea coast of Rumania and Turkey. In the USSR it is found on the shores of the Black and Caspian seas, usually in the summer (May to September). Prevention consists in destroying dog ticks.

boutonneuse fever

[boo-ton-ez´] a tickborne disease endemic in the Mediterranean area, Crimea, Africa, and India, due to infection with Rickettsia conorii, with chills, fever, primary skin lesion (tache noire), and rash appearing on the second to fourth day.

Mediterranean spotted fever

tick-borne infection with Rickettsia conorii seen in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and India and known by different names in different areas, for example, Marseilles fever, Crimean fever, Indian tick typhus, and Kenya fever. Two forms are Mediterranean exanthematous fever (q.v.), which manifests as skin eruptions, and Mediterranean erythematous fever (q.v.), which manifests as skin redness. See: Rickettsia conorii. Synonym(s): boutonneuse fever, Crimean fever, eruptive fever, fièvre boutonneuse, Indian tick typhus, Kenya fever, Marseilles fever, tick typhus

boutonneuse fever

An eastern-hemisphere tick-borne rickettsiosis, which is less severe than Rocky Mountain spotted fever, caused by Rickettsia conorii.

Epidemiology
Mediterranean rim countries; transmitted by the dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus.
Clinical findings
7-day incubation, followed by high fever, small ulcer-tache noir (at tick bite site), satellite lymphadenopathy, maculopapular rash, myalgia, arthralgia, headache and photophobia.
Management
Doxycycline, fluoroquinolones.

bou·ton·neuse fe·ver

(bu-tō-nuz' fē'vĕr) Tick-borne infection with Rickettsia conorii seen in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and India.
Synonym(s): tick typhus.

boutonneuse fever

Related to boutonneuse fever: Mediterranean Spotted Fever, abattoir fever

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Synonyms for boutonneuse fever

noun a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals

Synonyms

Indian tick fever
Kenya fever
Marseilles fever

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