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ArticleCureus2025

Japanese Spotted Fever in an Elderly Patient Without Eschar and Negative Acute-Phase Serology: Diagnostic Value of Clinical Assessment and Histopathology.

Kosuke Murashita, Natsumi Yamamoto, Shiho Amano, Kurumi Kasai, Ryuichi Ohta

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kosuke MurashitaCommunity Care, Unnan City Hospital, Unnan, JPN.
Natsumi YamamotoCommunity Care, Unnan City Hospital, Unnan, JPN.
Shiho AmanoCommunity Care, Unnan City Hospital, Unnan, JPN.
Kurumi KasaiCommunity Care, Unnan City Hospital, Unnan, JPN.
Ryuichi OhtaCommunity Care, Unnan City Hospital, Unnan, JPN.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 72-year-old woman presented with fever, generalized rash, including on the palms and soles, arthralgia, facial edema, and hepatic dysfunction. She lived in a rural area and had recent outdoor exposure to farming but no travel history. Physical examination revealed a small erythematous lesion on her right thigh, suspected to be a tick bite, though no eschar was present. Initial serological testing for

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agedempirical therapygeneral medicinejapanese spotted feverminocyclinerickettsial infectionsruralskin manifestationsvasculitis

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PMID40978988
PMCPMC12449742

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