Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis infection identified in 2 hematooncologic patients: Benefit of molecular techniques for rare pathogen detection

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-270

  Pekova, Sona ^a   Vydra, Jan ^b   Kabickova, Hana ^c   Frankova, Sona ^d   Haugvicova, Renata ^a   Mazal, Oldrich ^a   Cmejla, Radek ^a   Hardekopf, David W ^a   Jancuskova, Tereza ^a   Kozak, Tomas ^b  

^a Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Central Military Institute of Health   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Candidatus Neoerhlichia mikurensis; Lymphoma; Molecular detection of pathogens

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD20 ANTIBODY; CEFUROXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTARABINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PREDNISONE; RIBOSOME DNA; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANDIDATUS NEOEHRLICHIA MIKURENSIS INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TICKS;

EID: 79951912444     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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