Concomitant tickborne encephalitis and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.
We report a patient with febrile illness and epidemiologic and clinical findings consistent with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis and tickborne encephalitis, in whom infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum was demonstrated by polymerase chain reaction and seroconversion. Tickborne encephalitis virus infection was established by serum immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgG antibodies.
Lotric-Furlan
Stanka
S
Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Japljeva 2, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia. stanka.lotic-furlan@mf.uni-lj.si
Petrovec
Miroslav
M
Avsic-Zupanc
Tatjana
T
Strle
Franc
F
D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000276:immunology; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017524:Slovenia; D013987:Ticks
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000914:Antibodies, Viral