Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in a febrile patient in Kinmen, an offshore island of Taiwan

J Formos Med Assoc. 2020 Aug;119(8):1329-1330. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2019.11.019. Epub 2019 Dec 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis / genetics
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis / isolation & purification*
  • Ehrlichiosis / diagnosis*
  • Ehrlichiosis / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Minocycline / therapeutic use
  • Serologic Tests
  • Taiwan / epidemiology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Minocycline