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case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 15-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with a persistent fever, headache, and myalgia. A solitary, painful, black, crusted ulcer with a peripheral erythematous halo was noted in the left popliteal fossa; the ulcer had begun as an asymptomatic erythematous papule 1 week previously.
Medical subject headings
- Rickettsia
- Rickettsia Infections
- Skin Ulcer