Ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemia
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a tickborne disease with a spectrum of presentations ranging from asymptomatic, mild to fatal. Ehrlichiosis can transiently cause white blood cells abnormalities that mimic leukemia/lymphoma and cases have been, on rare occasions, initially mistaken for hematological...
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| author | Ra’ed Jabr Wissam El Atrouni |
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| description | Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a tickborne disease with a spectrum of presentations ranging from asymptomatic, mild to fatal. Ehrlichiosis can transiently cause white blood cells abnormalities that mimic leukemia/lymphoma and cases have been, on rare occasions, initially mistaken for hematological malignancies. We report a case of Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection suspected to be acute promyelocytic leukemia at presentation, prompting therapy with all-trans-retinoic acid. Physicians should keep tickborne transmitted illnesses on the differential in patients presenting with pancytopenia, especially in endemic areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34f862cd2fc44469b54791d814f2a48d2022-12-22T03:29:15ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092022-01-0128e01480Ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemiaRa’ed Jabr0Wissam El Atrouni1University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Miami, FL, USAThe University of Kansas Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Kansas City, KS, USA; Correspondence to: Division of Infectious Diseases - 6067 Delp, MS (1028), The University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a tickborne disease with a spectrum of presentations ranging from asymptomatic, mild to fatal. Ehrlichiosis can transiently cause white blood cells abnormalities that mimic leukemia/lymphoma and cases have been, on rare occasions, initially mistaken for hematological malignancies. We report a case of Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection suspected to be acute promyelocytic leukemia at presentation, prompting therapy with all-trans-retinoic acid. Physicians should keep tickborne transmitted illnesses on the differential in patients presenting with pancytopenia, especially in endemic areas.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250922001081Human monocytic ehrlichiosisTickborne illnessPancytopenia |
| spellingShingle | Ra’ed Jabr Wissam El Atrouni Ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemia IDCases Human monocytic ehrlichiosis Tickborne illness Pancytopenia |
| title | Ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemia |
| title_full | Ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemia |
| title_fullStr | Ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemia |
| title_short | Ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemia |
| title_sort | ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemia |
| topic | Human monocytic ehrlichiosis Tickborne illness Pancytopenia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250922001081 |
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