Infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a seronegative patient in Sicily, Italy: Case report

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  de la Fuente, Jose ^a,b   Torina, A ^c   Naranjo, Victoria ^b   Caracappa, S ^c   Di Marco, V ^c   Alongi, A ^c   Russo, M ^c   Maggio, A ^c   Kocan, K M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequence; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Human granulocytic anaplasmosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; BLOOD; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 27644514234     PISSN: 14760711     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-4-15     Document Type: Article

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