A confirmed Ehrlichia ewingii infection likely acquired through platelet transfusion

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Regan, Joanna ^a   Matthias, James ^b   Green Murphy, Audrey ^c   Stanek, Danielle ^b   Bertholf, Marsha ^d   Pritt, Bobbi S ^e   Sloan, Lynne M ^e   Kelly, Aubree J ^a   Singleton, Joseph ^a   McQuiston, Jennifer H ^a   Hocevar, Susan N ^f   Whittle, John P ^g  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Florida Georgia Blood Alliance   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ehrlichiosis; leukoreduction; tick borne; transfusion

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; LEUKAPHERESIS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EHRLICHIOSIS; LEUKOREDUCTION; TICK-BORNE; TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84878300070     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit177     Document Type: Article

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