[Ehrlichia chaffeensis antibodies prevalence among patients bitten by ticks].
Human ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne antropozoonosis which was described in 1987 but in Poland up to now has not been diagnosed. The purpose of our work was to present 11 cases where antibodies against Ehrlichia chaffeensis were detected in serum. In 2000 we examined 68 sera of patients who were referred to our department with suspected Borreliosis or Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE). The detection of antibodies against E. chaffeensis was performed by indirect immunofluorescence assay. Five (45.4%) patients of 11 were diagnosed as Lyme borreliosis confirmed by serum presence of antibodies against B. burgdorferi. Three patients (27.2%) showed serum presence of antibodies against TBE. In one case presence of antibodies against three tick-borne agents was stated. None of our patients presented leucopenia characteristic of ehrlichiosis. trombocytopenia or increased aminotransferase level.
Kondrusik
Maciej
M
Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych i Neuroinfekcji AM, Białymstoku.
Puciło
Katarzyna
K
Swierzbińska
Renata
R
Pancewicz
Sławomir
S
Zajkowska
Joanna
J
Grygorczuk
Sambor
S
Hermanowska-Szpakowicz
Teresa
T
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018469:Ehrlichia chaffeensis / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013987:Ticks
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial