Wennerås, Christine


Publications
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First Case of Human “ Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” Infection in a Febrile Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Citation
Welinder-Olsson et al. (2010). Journal of Clinical Microbiology 48 (5)
Names
Ca. Neoehrlichia mikurensis
Abstract
ABSTRACT An immunocompromised patient presented with febrile episodes, an erysipelas-like rash, and thromboembolic complications. Amplification of 16S rRNA gene sequences from blood and sequence analysis revealed “ Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis.” We report the first case of human disease caused by “ Ca . Neoehrlichia mikurensis.”