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Abstract
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, which has rodents as its natural hosts, is an emerging tick-borne pathogen in Europe and Asia. This intracellular bacterium causes the infectious disease neoehrlichiosis. Immunocompromised patients may contract a severe form of neoehrlichiosis with high fever and vascular/thromboembolic events. As it is not detected with routine culture-based methods, neoehrlichiosis is underdiagnosed.Entities:
Keywords: Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis; immunocompromised; neoehrlichiosis; rodents; tick-borne infection
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25770773 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.02.030
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Microbiol Infect ISSN: 1198-743X Impact factor: 8.067