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Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Italy: first report on two confirmed cases
Maurizio Ruscio1, Marina Cinco
1Hospital of San Daniele del Friuli, San Daniele, Italy. maurizioruscio@hotmail.com
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
|July 16, 2003
Abstract:
We report here the two first cases of human ehrlichiosis described in Italy. One patient presented symptoms indicative of ehrlichiosis, such as fever, conjunctivitis, and increase of hepatic enzymes; HGE was confirmed by fourfold seroconversion for HGE antigen. The second patient, a forest worker, was affected by Lyme disease, and in this case HGE was suspected because of fever, leukopenia, and seroconversion.