Human Case of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection, Taiwan

In 2018, an immunosuppressed woman in southern Taiwan had onset of fever, chills, myalgia, malaise, thrombocytopenia, lymphocytopenia, and elevated hepatic transaminases. Investigation revealed infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis. This autochthonous case of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis was con...

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Autores principales: Peng, Shih-Huan, Yang, Su-Lin, Ho, Yu-Ni, Chen, Hsiang-Fei, Shu, Pei-Yun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625863
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190665
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Sumario:In 2018, an immunosuppressed woman in southern Taiwan had onset of fever, chills, myalgia, malaise, thrombocytopenia, lymphocytopenia, and elevated hepatic transaminases. Investigation revealed infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis. This autochthonous case of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis was confirmed by PCR, DNA sequencing, and seroconversion.

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