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Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease with diverse clinical presentations, ranging in severity from a flu-like illness with fever and myalgias to a serious systemic disease with multisystem organ failure. Nephrotic syndrome has been reported previously in two cases of human ehrlichiosis. A kidney
An outbreak of unexplained illness occurred in members of an army reserve unit after field training in an area of New Jersey endemic for Lyme disease. Nine (12%) of the 74 who attended the exercise had serological evidence of Ehrlichia infection, defined as a single rise in titer of antibody to
Ehrlichiosis is the potentially life-threating infection. It is caused by obligate intracellular bacteria. The clinical presentations are fever, headache, myalgia, malaise, nausea, vomiting and other nonspecyfic symptoms. Some patients develop neurologic symptoms and signs. The are two distinct
Ehrlichiosis is an emerging zoonotic disease transmitted to man by ticks. Its clinical features include fever, headache, myalgia, nausea and rash. The diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion; the disease has a specific serology, and has never been reported in Israel. We describe a 52-year-old
A case of human ehrlichiosis (caused by infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis) is presented. The patient was a female Naval Academy midshipman with a 26-day history of daily field training with the U.S. Marines near Quantico, Virginia. She presented with a several-day history of myalgias, fever, and
Lyme disease constitutes a major health hazard with an increased incidence throughout the United States, in particular the eastern states. Human ehrlichiosis, also a tick-borne illness, has recently been identified. It is characterized by fever, headache, malaise, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and
Human ehrlichiosis is a newly emergent, tick-borne, zoonotic infection caused by members of the genus Ehrlichia. These rickettsia-like, obligate intracellular, gram-negative bacteria produce two similar yet distinct diseases. Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Human
In the U.S.A., human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis (HME) caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an emerging tick-transmitted zoonosis. In Cameroon, where E. canis, E. chaffeensis and E. ewingii have recently been detected in dogs and/or ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus), the potential exists for human
In the United States, human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) represent two clinically indistinguishable yet epidemiologically and etiologically distinct diseases caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis and a bacterium similar or identical to E. equi, respectively.
A 69-year-old male presented at a first-aid department in Connecticut (USA) with severe headache, fever and myalgia of three days' duration. Just before he became ill, an engorged tick had been noted on his back and removed. Laboratory results included a decreased white cell count and platelet count
Ehrlichiosis is a recently described tick-borne disease characterized by headache, fever and chills, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and transaminase elevation. The presentation is similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever but the rash is less frequently present in ehrlichiosis. The diagnosis is
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis are emerging tick-borne infections in the United States. The clinical presentations of these two distinct, potentially life-threatening infections are fever, headache, myalgia, and other diagnostically nonspecific symptoms. Physician
Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) is an emerging infectious disease that primarily affects adults. Typical clinical features include fever, headache, and myalgias. This case represents the youngest reported patient with HGE. Her clinical presentation was unusual in that she presented with severe
Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) is a recently described rickettsiosis in the United States transmitted by Ixodes species ticks. In Europe, only a few studies on HGE exist. Two hundred Bulgarian patients with tick bites and 70 healthy blood donors were tested for HGE using an immunofluorescence
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a recently described tick-borne infection with the rickettsial organism Ehrlichia chaffeensis. We describe a patient with documented E chaffeensis infection and multiple organ system involvement. Prominent neurologic symptoms and signs included severe headache,