Human Case of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection, Taiwan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Nov;25(11):2141-2143. doi: 10.3201/eid2511.190665.

Abstract

In 2018, an immunosuppressed woman in southern Taiwan had onset of fever, chills, myalgia, malaise, thrombocytopenia, lymphocytopenia, and elevated hepatic transaminases. Investigation revealed infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis. This autochthonous case of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis was confirmed by PCR, DNA sequencing, and seroconversion.

Keywords: Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Taiwan; bacteria; human monocytic ehrlichiosis; rickettsia; tickborne diseases; vector-borne infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis* / genetics
  • Ehrlichiosis / diagnosis*
  • Ehrlichiosis / drug therapy
  • Ehrlichiosis / epidemiology
  • Ehrlichiosis / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Hematologic Tests
  • Humans
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prevalence
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Taiwan / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents