Neoehrlichiosis in Symptomatic Immunocompetent Child, South Africa

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bamford, Colleen ; Blumberg, Lucille H. ; Bosman, Michelle ; Frean, John ; Hoek, Kim G.P. ; Miles, Janet ; Sriruttan, Charlotte ; Vorster, Ilse ; Oosthuizen, Marinda C.
• Description:
  We describe a case of neoehrlichiosis in an immunocompetent child with acute febrile illness in South Africa. Neoehrlichiosis was diagnosed by PCR on 16S rDNA from bone marrow aspirate. Phylogenetic analysis indicated an organism closely related to Candidatus Neoehrlichia. Clinicians should be aware of possible ehrlichiosis even in immunocompetent patients.
• Subjects:
  Anaplasmataceae Anaplasmataceae Infections Child Ehrlichiosis Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(2):407-410
• Pubmed ID:
  36692458
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9881780
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  South Africa
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9b7973ad7b80ba4e4813c60d210df15fe7583862514331cbb2b23dd4c8d94bc0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/127673/cdc_127673_DS1.pdf
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