Septicemia Caused by Tick-borne Bacterial Pathogen Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis

Septicemia Caused by Tick-borne Bacterial Pathogen Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis

We have repeatedly detected Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, a bacterium first described in Rattus norvegicus rats and Ixodes ovatus ticks in Japan in 2004 in the blood of a 61-year-old man with signs of septicemia by 16S rRNA and groEL gene PCR. After 6 weeks of therapy with doxycycline and rifa...

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Main Authors: Jan S. Fehr, Guido V. Bloemberg, Claudia Ritter, Michael Hombach, Thomas F. Lüscher, Rainer Weber, Peter M. Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis
septicemia
human infection
16S rRNA gene PCR
therapy
tick-borne pathogen
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/09-1907_article

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