"Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness: Florida's Lyme Disease Variant." by Ramy Abdelmaseih

Selected Works of Hesham Nasser, MD

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Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness: Florida's Lyme Disease Variant.

Internal Medicine

Ramy Abdelmaseih, HCA Healthcare
Bilal Ashraf, HCA Healthcare
Randa Abdelmasih, HCA Healthcare
Sandi Dunn, HCA Healthcare
Hesham Nasser, HCA Healthcare

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Division

East Florida

Hospital

Ocala Regional Medical Center

Document Type

Case Report

Publication Date

5-28-2021

Keywords

lyme disease,
pancytopenia,
stari,
tick-bite,
zoonotic disease

Disciplines

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses,
Infectious Disease and
Internal Medicine

Abstract

Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) is an emerging zoonotic disease causing an annular rash with central clearing that is almost identical to erythema migrans seen in Lyme disease. It is spread by

Publisher or Conference

Cureus

Citation Information

Abdelmaseih R, Ashraf B, Abdelmasih R, Dunn S, Nasser H. Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness: Florida's Lyme Disease Variant. Cureus. 2021;13(5):e15306. Published 2021 May 28. doi:10.7759/cureus.15306