Septicemia caused by tick-borne bacterial pathogen Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis.
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.
Fehr
Jan S
JS
University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Bloemberg
Guido V
GV
Ritter
Claudia
C
Hombach
Michael
M
Lüscher
Thomas F
TF
Weber
Rainer
R
Keller
Peter M
PM
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*