Deep burns are characterized by the presence of a necrotic eschar that delays healing and results in local systemic inflammatory response following secondary intention: heavy scarring. Early surgical debridement followed grafting was major advance deep burn care is now standard care, reducing mortality hypertrophic Eschars have alternatively been managed non-surgical, autolytic debridement, whi...

Scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy after tick bite (SENLAT) is an emerging increasingly common syndrome, primarily described in Europe...

A case of Rickettsia heilongjiangensis infection in Japan was identified in a 35-year-old man who had rash, fever, and eschars. Serum contained R. heilongjiangensis antibodies, and eschars contained R. heilongjiangensis DNA. R. heilongjiangensis was also isolated from ticks in the suspected geographic area of infection.

A 67-year-old woman presented with melena and general weakness. Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy revealed multiple ulcers and projectile bleeding in the stomach. She also complained of a 10-day history of a fever and was diagnosed with scrub typhus based on a positive result of the eschar polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. She fully recovered with endoscopic hemostasis, and administr...