title: Septicemia caused by tick-borne bacterial pathogen Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis.
abstract: We have repeatedly detected Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, a bacterium first described in Rattus norvegicus rats and Ixodes ovatus ticks in Japan in 2004 in the blood of a 61-year-old man with signs of septicemia by 16S rRNA and groEL gene PCR. After 6 weeks of therapy with doxycycline and rifampin, the patient recovered.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fehr
authors.forename: Guido V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Bloemberg
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hombach
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Lüscher
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000710:Anaplasmataceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*