Two Distinct Local Complications Due to Tick Bite

Olgun H., Kucuk N., Turkyilmaz A., Karacan M., Karakelleoglu C.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION, cilt.3, sa.3, ss.132-134, 2009 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 3 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.132-134
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Ticks live courtesy of intermediate hosts such as rodents and other small mammalians. Tick bite-related diseases are often seen among stock farmers and people living in forested regions. The microorganism passes to the host by injection via blood sucking. The rate of injection increases due to the painless bite and persistence of the tick at the bite site for an extended period. Tick-borne infectious agents may pass to the host via secretions from the tick, or secondary cutaneous or soft tissue infections may develop as a result of skin erosion due to the tick bite. In our cases, diffuse bacterial skin and soft tissue infections and lymphadenitis developed due to the tick bite as well as inappropriate detachment of the tick by unskilled individuals. The infections recovered with appropriate antibiotic therapy. In cases of patients who refer with a history of a tick bite, physicians should be alert not only to signs of systemic diseases but also to local skin and soft tissue infections, and these patients should be monitored clinically.