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Human monocytic ehrlichiosis presenting as acute appendicitis during pregnancy
Ann E Smith Sehdev1, Paul S Sehdev, Ruth Jacobs
1Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Abstract:
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an obligate intracellular bacterium that infects mononuclear phagocytic cells. We report a unique case of HME diagnosed in a woman who presented with abdominal pain and acute appendicitis during early pregnancy and whose condition progressively deteriorated to adult respiratory distress syndrome.