A Case of Tick Bite Caused by Ixodes Species.
- Author:
Won Hyoung KANG
;
Kyung Hun CHANG
;
Soo Ill CHUN
;
Chang Jo KOH
;
B K CHO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Humans;
Ixodes*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Parasites;
Peas;
Skin;
Thorax;
Tick Bites*;
Ticks*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1982;20(5):789-793
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The importance of the ticks in medical field has been emphasized because of their association with and transmission of various diseases. We report herein a case of tick bite in a 55-year-old male farmer, who visited our hospital on July 2, 1981 with a parasite attached on right lower flank and rice to small pea sized, pruritic erythematous papular skin eruptions on chest and right lower flank. The skin lesions disappeared completely with.in five days after removal of the parasite, which was identified with an adult female tick which belongs to Genus Ixodes.
