An Unusual Case of Tick Exposure: Tick in the External Auditory Canal
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An unusual case of tick exposure: tick in the external auditory canal.
Ticks can carry and transmit numerous pathogens; most of these exist in our country, for example Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), rickettsial diseases, tularemia, Q fever, Lyme disease and anaplasmosis (1, 2). Ticks are found rarely in the external auditory canal and may lead to complications such as tick paralysis (2). In this case report, we aimed to emphasise the importance of carefu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Balkan Medical Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2146-3123,2146-3131
DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2013.006