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Ehrlichiosis presenting as severe sepsis and meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent adult
INTRODUCTION: Ehrlichia are obligate intracellular pathogens transmitted to vertebrates by ticks. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 59-year-old man who presented to the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Medical Center (Lexington, KY, USA) after being found fallen down in the woods....
Autores principales: | Buzzard, Stephanie L., Bissell, Brittany D., Thompson Bastin, Melissa L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Microbiology Society
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230758/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30425837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.005162 |
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