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KMID : 0351219970290010053
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Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
1997 Volume.29 No. 1 p.53 ~ p.56
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A Case of Tick Infestation in Chest Wall by Ixodes Nipponensis
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Chu Jong-Phil
Cho Yoo-Jung
Jeong Gil-Sang
Ko Byoung-Mun
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Abstract
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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
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KEYWORD
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tick, Ixodes nipponensis, Chest nodule
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