zithromax and Scalp-Dermatoses

SENLAT syndrome, also known as TIBOLA/DEBONEL, is an emerging disease in France. The major symptoms are necrotic eschar on the scalp associated with painful cervical lymphadenopathy. It occurs mainly in women and children during the cold seasons after a bite by a Dermacentor tick, responsible for transmitting Rickettsia slovaca or Rickettsia raoultii. Cutaneous swabs are safe, easy and reliable tools that should be used routinely by physicians to confirm diagnosis. In this particular disease, they should be preferred to serology, which is less sensitive. Doxycycline is the antibiotic of choice for this syndrome.

Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Arachnid Vectors; Azithromycin; Bartonella henselae; Bartonella Infections; Dermacentor; Diagnosis, Differential; Doxycycline; Europe; France; Humans; Josamycin; Lyme Disease; Lymphatic Diseases; Neck; Necrosis; Rickettsia; Rickettsia Infections; Scalp Dermatoses; Species Specificity; Symptom Assessment; Syndrome; Tick Bites; Tick-Borne Diseases; Zoonoses