title: [Ehrlichiosis: a new infectious disease].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych AM we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knysz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inglot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gladysz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Augustyniak
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D013752:Tetracycline
vernacular_title: Erlichioza--nowa choroba zakaźna.