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- Title
Human Case of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection, Taiwan.
- Authors
Shih-Huan Peng; Su-Lin Yang; Yu-Ni Ho; Hsiang-Fei Chen; Pei-Yun Shu; Peng, Shih-Huan; Yang, Su-Lin; Ho, Yu-Ni; Chen, Hsiang-Fei; Shu, Pei-Yun
- Abstract
In 2018, an immunosuppressed woman in southern Taiwan had onset of fever, chills, myalgia, malaise, thrombocytopenia, lymphocytopenia, and elevated hepatic transaminases. Investigation revealed infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis. This autochthonous case of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis was confirmed by PCR, DNA sequencing, and seroconversion.
- Subjects
TAIWAN; EHRLICHIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE sequence; LYMPHOPENIA; AMINOTRANSFERASES; SEROCONVERSION; DIAGNOSIS of ehrlichiosis; RESEARCH; SEQUENCE analysis; GRAM-negative bacteria; RESEARCH methodology; EVALUATION research; MEDICAL cooperation; COMPARATIVE studies; DISEASE prevalence; POLYMERASE chain reaction; ANTIBIOTICS; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 11, p2141
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2511.190665