boutonneuse fever

Term ID

DOID:14095

Synonyms

• African tick typhus
• Boutonneuse disease
• Conor and Bruch's disease
• Kenya fever
• kenya tick typhus
• Kenyan tick typhus
• marseilles fever
• Mediterranean spotted fever
• Mediterranean tick fever
• Rickettsia conorii spotted fever
• South African tick-bite fever

Definition

A spotted fever that has_material_basis_in Rickettsia conorii subsp conorii, which is transmitted_by dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus). The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom eschar (usually single), has_symptom regional adenopathy, has_symptom maculopapular rash on extremities. (2)

References

• ICD10CM:A77.1
• ICD9CM:082.1
• MESH:D001907
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:186779000
• UMLS_CUI:C0006060

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:14095 )