Ehrlichiosis mimicking acute leukemia.
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis
Pancytopenia
Tickborne illness
Journal
IDCases
ISSN: 2214-2509
Titre abrégé: IDCases
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101634540
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
20
12
2021
revised:
21
03
2022
accepted:
23
03
2022
entrez:
11
4
2022
pubmed:
12
4
2022
medline:
12
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a tickborne disease with a spectrum of presentations ranging from asymptomatic, mild to fatal. Ehrlichiosis can transiently cause white blood cells abnormalities that mimic leukemia/lymphoma and cases have been, on rare occasions, initially mistaken for hematological malignancies. We report a case of
Identifiants
pubmed: 35402161
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01480
pii: S2214-2509(22)00108-1
pmc: PMC8987808
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e01480Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal upon request.
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