First report of human ehrlichiosis in Turkey
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Tarih
2019
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Yayıncı
TURKISH J PEDIATRICS
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne infection, can cause severe and fatal disease. A 6-year-old boy was admitted with fever, chills, malaise, headache, anorexia, rhinorrhoea, and cough lasting two days. He had had contact with a dog 10 days prior, and a tick had been removed the day before. Fever, minimal conjunctival injection, oropharyngeal hyperemia and cracked, hyperemic lips were observed. Laboratory tests were normal except for lymphopenia and hyponatremia. Cytoplasmic morulae in the monocytes and granulocytes were seen on peripheral blood smear. Doxycycline was started immediately, and the fever subsided within 48 hours. Given the Ehrlichia was positive but Anaplasma negative by real-time PCR, he was diagnosed as ehrlichiosis, subspecies identification could not be performed. This is the first human ehrlichiosis case in Turkey.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
ehrlichiosis, zoonoses, tick-borne diseases, Turkey, morulae
Kaynak
TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
WoS Q Değeri
Q4
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
61
Sayı
2
Künye
Emiroğlu, M., & Çelebi, B. (2019). First Report Of Human Ehrlichiosis İn Turkey. The Turkish Journal Of Pediatrics, 61,(2), 267-270.
