Human granulocytic anaplasmosis, South Korea, 2013

We report a patient with human granulocytic anaplasmosis in South Korea. The patient had fever and thrombocytopenia. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis was confirmed by seroconversion, PCR, and sequence analysis for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Morulae were observed in the cultured HL-60 cells inoculated...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2014-10, Vol.20 (10), p.1708-1711
Hauptverfasser:	Kim, Kye-Hyung, Yi, Jongyoun, Oh, Won Sup, Kim, Nak-Hyun, Choi, Su Jin, Choe, Pyoeng Gyun, Kim, Nam-Joong, Lee, Jong-Koo, Oh, Myoung-don
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenergic alpha-Agonists - administration & dosage Adrenergic alpha-Agonists - therapeutic use Anaplasma phagocytophilum Anaplasma phagocytophilum - genetics Anaplasma phagocytophilum - isolation & purification Anaplasmosis Anaplasmosis - epidemiology Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use bacteria Care and treatment Case studies Ceftriaxone - administration & dosage Ceftriaxone - therapeutic use Diagnosis Dispatch Doxycycline - administration & dosage Doxycycline - therapeutic use Female HGA human granulocytic anaplasmosis Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, South Korea, 2013 Humans Middle Aged Norepinephrine - administration & dosage Norepinephrine - therapeutic use Phylogeny Republic of Korea - epidemiology ticks vector-borne infections
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a patient with human granulocytic anaplasmosis in South Korea. The patient had fever and thrombocytopenia. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis was confirmed by seroconversion, PCR, and sequence analysis for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Morulae were observed in the cultured HL-60 cells inoculated with blood from the patient.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2010.131680