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Weakness, myalgia, night sweats and sore throat

A 36-year-old man developed two eschars (localized skin lesions) after visiting a rural field in Manzini, Swaziland. He has general weakness, myalgia, night sweats and sore throat. He reports having no rash. He has enlarged bilateral inguinal lymph nodes.

Acknowledgement

This case study was created by Immunopaedia Ambassadors Tatenda Murangi, PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Fallon Lab, School of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Emmanuel Adamolekun, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Akure, Nigeria and Helix Biogen Institue, Ogbomosho, Nigeria.

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