Abstract
<i>Rickettsia aeschlimannii</i>Infection in a Man, Greece
Highlights
To the Editor: In Greece, 6 spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia species have been detected in ticks: Rickettsia conorii, R. massiliae, R. aeschlimannii, R. sibirica mongolitimonae, R. slovaca, and R. rhipicephali (1)
During June 2010, a 70-year-old man residing in an agricultural area of eastern Crete was admitted to the emergency unit of General Hospital of Agios Nikolaos for evaluation of a reddish, painless papule on the anterior surface of his left arm
Serum and whole blood samples were drawn, and a local skin biopsy was performed from the center of the skin lesion
Summary
To the Editor: In Greece, 6 spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia species have been detected in ticks: Rickettsia conorii, R. massiliae, R. aeschlimannii, R. sibirica mongolitimonae, R. slovaca, and R. rhipicephali (1). During June 2010, a 70-year-old man residing in an agricultural area of eastern Crete was admitted to the emergency unit of General Hospital of Agios Nikolaos for evaluation of a reddish, painless papule on the anterior surface of his left arm. Serum and whole blood samples were drawn, and a local skin biopsy was performed from the center of the skin lesion. All samples were sent to the Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographic Medicine at the University of Crete for further testing.
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