Fatal Monocytic Ehrlichiosis in Woman, Mexico, 2013

Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a febrile illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an intracellular bacterium transmitted by ticks. In Mexico, a case of E. chaffeensis infection in an immunocompetent 31-year-old woman without recognized tick bite was fatal. This diagnosis should be considered for pa...

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Autores principales: Sosa-Gutierrez, Carolina G., Solorzano-Santos, Fortino, Walker, David H., Torres, Javier, Serrano, Carlos A., Gordillo-Perez, Guadalupe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27088220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.151217
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author Sosa-Gutierrez, Carolina G.
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Walker, David H.
Torres, Javier
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Gordillo-Perez, Guadalupe
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Solorzano-Santos, Fortino
Walker, David H.
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description Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a febrile illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an intracellular bacterium transmitted by ticks. In Mexico, a case of E. chaffeensis infection in an immunocompetent 31-year-old woman without recognized tick bite was fatal. This diagnosis should be considered for patients with fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and elevated liver enzyme levels.
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spelling pubmed-48615112016-05-10 Fatal Monocytic Ehrlichiosis in Woman, Mexico, 2013 Sosa-Gutierrez, Carolina G. Solorzano-Santos, Fortino Walker, David H. Torres, Javier Serrano, Carlos A. Gordillo-Perez, Guadalupe Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a febrile illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an intracellular bacterium transmitted by ticks. In Mexico, a case of E. chaffeensis infection in an immunocompetent 31-year-old woman without recognized tick bite was fatal. This diagnosis should be considered for patients with fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and elevated liver enzyme levels. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4861511/ /pubmed/27088220 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2205.151217 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Fatal Monocytic Ehrlichiosis in Woman, Mexico, 2013
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