Spiroplasma ixodetis Infections in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Patients after Tick Exposure, Sweden

We report 2 cases of Spiroplasma ixodetis infection in an immunocompetent patient and an immunocompromised patient who had frequent tick exposure. Fever, thrombocytopenia, and increased liver aminotransferase levels raised the suspicion of anaplasmosis, but 16S rRNA PCR and Sanger sequencing yielded...

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Autores principales: Eimer, Johannes, Fernström, Louise, Rohlén, Louise, Grankvist, Anna, Loo, Kristoffer, Nyman, Erik, Henningsson, Anna J., Haglund, Mats, Hultqvist, Viktor, Sjöwall, Johanna, Wennerås, Christine, Schön, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9328919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35876734
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2808.212524
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Sumario:We report 2 cases of Spiroplasma ixodetis infection in an immunocompetent patient and an immunocompromised patient who had frequent tick exposure. Fever, thrombocytopenia, and increased liver aminotransferase levels raised the suspicion of anaplasmosis, but 16S rRNA PCR and Sanger sequencing yielded a diagnosis of spiroplasmosis. Both patients recovered after doxycycline treatment.

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