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Case Reports
. 2013 Jun;56(12):e105-107.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cit177. Epub 2013 Mar 19.

A confirmed Ehrlichia ewingii infection likely acquired through platelet transfusion

Joanna Regan  1 , James Matthias, Audrey Green-Murphy, Danielle Stanek, Marsha Bertholf, Bobbi S Pritt, Lynne M Sloan, Aubree J Kelly, Joseph Singleton, Jennifer H McQuiston, Susan N Hocevar, John P Whittle
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A confirmed Ehrlichia ewingii infection likely acquired through platelet transfusion

Joanna Regan et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jun.

Abstract

Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease that ranges in severity from asymptomatic infection to fatal sepsis. Ehrlichiosis acquired from transfusion of blood products has not been documented in the literature to date. A case of Ehrlichia ewingii infection likely transmitted by transfusion of leukoreduced platelets is described, and public health implications are discussed.

Keywords: ehrlichiosis; leukoreduction; tick-borne; transfusion.

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