Korean J Infect Dis.
1997 Jan;29(1):53-56.
A Case of Tick Infestation in Chest Wall by Ixodes Nipponensis
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Parasitology, Medical School of Kyoung-Hee University.
- 2Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Han-Lim University.
Abstract
- We report herein an unusual case of tick bite. A 56 year old woman complained of erythematous nodular skin lesion on the left upper chest. An excision biopsy specimen of the lesion showed darkish-red nodule, in which there was a tick. It was identified as an adult female of Ixodes nipponensis by the scanning electron microscopic examination.
