title: A confirmed Ehrlichia ewingii infection likely acquired through platelet transfusion.
abstract: Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease that ranges in severity from asymptomatic infection to fatal sepsis. Ehrlichiosis acquired from transfusion of blood products has not been documented in the literature to date. A case of Ehrlichia ewingii infection likely transmitted by transfusion of leukoreduced platelets is described, and public health implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. jregan@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matthias
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Green-Murphy
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stanek
authors.forename: Marsha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bertholf
authors.forename: Bobbi S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Pritt
authors.forename: Lynne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.forename: Aubree J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Singleton
authors.forename: Jennifer H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: McQuiston
authors.forename: Susan N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Hocevar
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Whittle
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D002648:Child; D004536:Ehrlichia / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017713:Platelet Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: ehrlichiosis; leukoreduction; tick-borne; transfusion