[Ehrlichiosis: a new infectious disease].
Human ehrlichiosis is transmitted by ticks. For the first time it was described in 1987. The ethiologic agent is Ehrlichia chaffeenisis. The course of the disease may be mild, self-limited or sometimes severe finishing with dead. The main symptoms are: fever, leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, or pancytopenia. Tetracyclines are mostly efficient in the treatment.
Knysz
B
B
Katedra i Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych AM we Wrocławiu.
Inglot
M
M
Gladysz
A
A
Augustyniak
K
K
D000818:Animals; D018469:Ehrlichia chaffeensis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013987:Ticks
D013752:Tetracycline
Erlichioza--nowa choroba zakaźna.