First case of human "Candidatus neoehrlichia mikurensis" infection in a febrile patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1956-1959

  Welinder Olsson, Christina ^a   Kjellin, Eva ^a   Vaht, Krista ^a   Jacobsson, Stefan ^a   Wennerås, Christine ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; LORACARBEF; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MEROPENEM; OMEPRAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISOLONE; PROCALCITONIN; RIBOSOME RNA; VITAMIN B GROUP; WARFARIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERYSIPELAS; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEAKNESS;

AGED; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; BLOOD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS; NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS;

EID: 77951778374     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02423-09     Document Type: Article

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