Severe human granulocytic anaplasmosis transmitted by blood transfusion

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1354-1357

  Jereb, Matjaz ^a   Pecaver, Blaz ^a   Tomazic, Janez ^a   Muzlovic, Igor ^a   Avsic Zupanc, Tatjana ^b   Premru Srsen, Tanja ^a   Levicnik Stezinar, Snezna ^c   Karner, Primoz ^d   Strle, Franc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Microbiology and Immunology   (Slovenia)

^c BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPTOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG EDEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE;

ADULT; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84864450205     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1808.120180     Document Type: Article

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