Early diagnosis of Ehrlichia ewingii infection in a lung transplant recipient by peripheral blood smear

Hariharan Regunath; Christian Rojas-Moreno; Juan P. Olano; Richard D. Hammer; William Salzer

doi:10.1111/tid.12652

Early diagnosis of Ehrlichia ewingii infection in a lung transplant recipient by peripheral blood smear

Hariharan Regunath, Christian Rojas-Moreno, Juan P. Olano, Richard D. Hammer, William Salzer

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Abstract

Ehrlichiosis in lung transplant (LT) recipients is associated with severe outcomes. Ehrlichia ewingii is a less frequent cause of symptomatic ehrlichiosis, characterized by cytoplasmic inclusions (morulae) within circulating neutrophils. We report a case of E. ewingii infection in an LT recipient diagnosed promptly by blood smear exam and confirmed with molecular studies.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e12652
Journal	Transplant Infectious Disease
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.12652
State	Published - Apr 1 2017

Keywords

Ehrlichia ewingii
blood smear
doxycycline
fever
lung transplant

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Transplantation
Infectious Diseases

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Early diagnosis of Ehrlichia ewingii infection in a lung transplant recipient by peripheral blood smear

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