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Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis--a clinical case in Scandinavia
U Karlsson1, A Bjöersdorff, R F Massung
1Department of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|March 10, 2001
Abstract:
A clinical case of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Scandinavia is presented. The patient developed high fever, myalgia, headache and dyspnoea. Doxycycline treatment resulted in a dramatic improvement. Laboratory confirmation included a fourfold change in anti-Ehrlichia equi IFA titre and a positive PCR confirmed by gene sequence analysis.