Anaplasmosis Presenting With Respiratory Symptoms and Pneumonitis

Anaplasmosis is a now common tick-borne illness that is characterized by the presence of fever, myalgias, thrombocytopenia, and elevated liver function tests. We report 4 cases with an atypical presentation with pulmonary symptoms and imaging findings, along with the characteristics of each patient,...

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Autores principales: Rivera, Jose E, Young, Katelyn, Kwon, Tae Sung, McKenzie, Paula A, Grant, Michelle A, McBride, Darrell A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7415301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32793764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa265
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author Rivera, Jose E
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Kwon, Tae Sung
McKenzie, Paula A
Grant, Michelle A
McBride, Darrell A
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description Anaplasmosis is a now common tick-borne illness that is characterized by the presence of fever, myalgias, thrombocytopenia, and elevated liver function tests. We report 4 cases with an atypical presentation with pulmonary symptoms and imaging findings, along with the characteristics of each patient, clinical course, and response to therapy.
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spelling pubmed-74153012020-08-12 Anaplasmosis Presenting With Respiratory Symptoms and Pneumonitis Rivera, Jose E Young, Katelyn Kwon, Tae Sung McKenzie, Paula A Grant, Michelle A McBride, Darrell A Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Reports Anaplasmosis is a now common tick-borne illness that is characterized by the presence of fever, myalgias, thrombocytopenia, and elevated liver function tests. We report 4 cases with an atypical presentation with pulmonary symptoms and imaging findings, along with the characteristics of each patient, clinical course, and response to therapy. Oxford University Press 2020-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7415301/ /pubmed/32793764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa265 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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