Ehrlichiosis presenting as severe sepsis and meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent adult

INTRODUCTION: Ehrlichia are obligate intracellular pathogens transmitted to vertebrates by ticks. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 59-year-old man who presented to the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Medical Center (Lexington, KY, USA) after being found fallen down in the woods....

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Published in:JMM Case Rep
Main Authors: Buzzard, Stephanie L., Bissell, Brittany D., Thompson Bastin, Melissa L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Microbiology Society 2018
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230758/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30425837
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmmcr.0.005162
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