Open AccessTick bite—Erythema migrans
Author(s) -
Shimamura Yoshinosuke,
Maeda Takuto,
Gocho Yufu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of general and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2189-7948
DOI - 10.1002/jgf2.152
Subject(s) - medicine , erythema migrans , tick , erythema , dermatology , ehrlichiosis , physical examination , surgery , veterinary medicine , borrelia burgdorferi , lyme borreliosis , antibody , immunology
This manuscript describes the typical presentation of erythema migrans caused by tick bite. The purposes of this article are (i) to encourage physicians to observe patients with tick bite carefully since it may cause fatal encephalitis, and (ii) to facilitate physicians, especially in endemic areas, to consider tick‐borne encephalitis virus as one of the causes of encephalitis.