Concomitant Tickborne Encephalitis and Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis

oleh: Stanka Lotric-Furlan, Miroslav Petrovec, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc, Franc Strle

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-03-01

Deskripsi

We report a patient with febrile illness and epidemiologic and clinical findings consistent with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis and tickborne encephalitis, in whom infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum was demonstrated by polymerase chain reaction and seroconversion. Tickborne encephalitis virus infection was established by serum immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgG antibodies.