title: Infections with the tick-borne bacterium Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis.
abstract: Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, which has rodents as its natural hosts, is an emerging tick-borne pathogen in Europe and Asia. This intracellular bacterium causes the infectious disease neoehrlichiosis. Immunocompromised patients may contract a severe form of neoehrlichiosis with high fever and vascular/thromboembolic events. As it is not detected with routine culture-based methods, neoehrlichiosis is underdiagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Infectious Diseases at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden. Electronic address: christine.wenneras@microbio.gu.se.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wennerås
mesh_terms: D000710:Anaplasmataceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000711:Anaplasmataceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D012377:Rodentia; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D013987:Ticks
keywords: Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis; immunocompromised; neoehrlichiosis; rodents; tick-borne infection