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Skin ulcer and maculopapular rash with inguinal lymph node enlargement: a case report of a 46-year-old female patient from north-eastern Poland with Rickettsia spp. and Francisella tularensis co-infection

Karol Borawski
1
,
Anna Lebensztejn
2
,
Piotr Czupryna
1
,
Maciej Kondrusik
1
,
Sławomir Pancewicz
1
,
Justyna Adamczuk
1
,
Tomasz Chmielewski
3
,
Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska
1

  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Białystok, Poland
  2. Students’ Scientific Association, Department of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Białystok, Poland
  3. National Institute of Public Health NIH - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Cent Eur J Immunol 2025; 50 (3)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceji.2025.154280
Online publish date: 2025/09/22
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