Rickettsia parkeri Infection after Tick Bite, Virginia

Abstract

We describe a man with a febrile illness and an eschar that developed at the site of a tick bite. Rickettsia parkeri was detected and isolated from the eschar. This report represents the second documented case of R. parkeri rickettsiosis in a US serviceman in eastern Virginia.

Keywords

• Rickettsia parkeri
• rickettsia
• Amblyomma
• tick
• military
• dispatch