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Mediterranean spotted fever as a non-endemic disease in the southeast of Iran: Diagnosis and treatment based on specific skin lesion.

Mehrdad FarrokhniaSara ShafieipourMohsen NakhaieMohammad Rezaei Zadeh Rukerd
Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)
A 31-year-old man with fever, dyspnea, abdominal pain, and jaundice has been admitted to the hospital in the southeast of Iran. Due to the presence of a pathognomonic skin lesion (Tache noire), the patient was diagnosed with Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) and was treated with doxycycline, without waiting for PCR and IFA findings.
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