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Human ehrlichiosis

MedGen UID:
575818
•Concept ID:
C0343771
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Human Ehrlichioses; Human Ehrlichiosis
SNOMED CT: Human ehrlichiosis (240626005)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The importance of early treatment with doxycycline in human ehrlichiosis.
Hamburg BJ, Storch GA, Micek ST, Kollef MH
Medicine (Baltimore) 2008 Mar;87(2):53-60. doi: 10.1097/MD.0b013e318168da1d. PMID: 18344803
Ehrlichioses in humans: epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment.
Dumler JS, Madigan JE, Pusterla N, Bakken JS
Clin Infect Dis 2007 Jul 15;45 Suppl 1:S45-51. doi: 10.1086/518146. PMID: 17582569
Treatment and prevention of rickettsial and ehrlichial infections.
Maender JL, Tyring SK
Dermatol Ther 2004;17(6):499-504. doi: 10.1111/j.1396-0296.2004.04052.x. PMID: 15571498

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Serologic Evidence of Human Exposure to Ehrlichiosis Agents in Japan.
Su H, Kubo K, Sakabe S, Mizuno S, Komiya N, Akachi S, Fujita H, Sato K, Kawabata H, Nagaoka H, Ando S, Ohashi N
Emerg Infect Dis 2022 Nov;28(11):2355-2357. doi: 10.3201/eid2811.212566. PMID: 36286246Free PMC Article
The epidemiology of human ehrlichiosis in Texas, 2008-2017.
Erickson TA, Mayes B, Murray KO, Gunter SM
Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2021 Nov;12(6):101788. Epub 2021 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101788. PMID: 34325087
Seasonality and trends in incidence of human ehrlichiosis in two Missouri ecoregions.
Andrews KE, Eversman KK, Foré SA, Kim HJ
Epidemiol Infect 2019 Jan;147:e123. doi: 10.1017/S0950268818003448. PMID: 30868997Free PMC Article
Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Europe.
Blanco JR, Oteo JA
Clin Microbiol Infect 2002 Dec;8(12):763-72. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00557.x. PMID: 12519349
Ehrlichiosis--a disease of animals and humans.
McDade JE
J Infect Dis 1990 Apr;161(4):609-17. doi: 10.1093/infdis/161.4.609. PMID: 2181027

Diagnosis

Tick-Borne Emerging Infections: Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis.
Ismail N, McBride JW
Clin Lab Med 2017 Jun;37(2):317-340. Epub 2017 Mar 25 doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2017.01.006. PMID: 28457353
Human ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis.
Ismail N, Bloch KC, McBride JW
Clin Lab Med 2010 Mar;30(1):261-92. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2009.10.004. PMID: 20513551Free PMC Article
Ehrlichiosis.
Jerrard D
J Emerg Med 1999 Jan-Feb;17(1):27-30. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(98)00117-6. PMID: 9950382
Human ehrlichiosis.
Glushko GM
Postgrad Med 1997 Jun;101(6):225-30. doi: 10.3810/pgm.1997.06.231. PMID: 9194875
Ehrlichiosis.
Harkess JR
Infect Dis Clin North Am 1991 Mar;5(1):37-51. PMID: 2051014

Therapy

Lyme Neuroborreliosis - The Mystifying Pitfall: "Neuropathology and Current Therapeutics".
Chavda V, Patel S
Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 2019;14(1):49-68. doi: 10.2174/1574891X14666190327114641. PMID: 30919784
Ehrlichioses in humans: epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment.
Dumler JS, Madigan JE, Pusterla N, Bakken JS
Clin Infect Dis 2007 Jul 15;45 Suppl 1:S45-51. doi: 10.1086/518146. PMID: 17582569
Treatment and prevention of rickettsial and ehrlichial infections.
Maender JL, Tyring SK
Dermatol Ther 2004;17(6):499-504. doi: 10.1111/j.1396-0296.2004.04052.x. PMID: 15571498
Human ehrlichiosis.
Glushko GM
Postgrad Med 1997 Jun;101(6):225-30. doi: 10.3810/pgm.1997.06.231. PMID: 9194875
Human ehrlichiosis.
Weinstein RS
Am Fam Physician 1996 Nov 1;54(6):1971-6. PMID: 8900357

Prognosis

The epidemiology of human ehrlichiosis in Texas, 2008-2017.
Erickson TA, Mayes B, Murray KO, Gunter SM
Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2021 Nov;12(6):101788. Epub 2021 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101788. PMID: 34325087
Seasonality and trends in incidence of human ehrlichiosis in two Missouri ecoregions.
Andrews KE, Eversman KK, Foré SA, Kim HJ
Epidemiol Infect 2019 Jan;147:e123. doi: 10.1017/S0950268818003448. PMID: 30868997Free PMC Article
Ehrlichioses in humans: epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment.
Dumler JS, Madigan JE, Pusterla N, Bakken JS
Clin Infect Dis 2007 Jul 15;45 Suppl 1:S45-51. doi: 10.1086/518146. PMID: 17582569
Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Europe.
Blanco JR, Oteo JA
Clin Microbiol Infect 2002 Dec;8(12):763-72. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00557.x. PMID: 12519349
Central nervous system manifestations of human ehrlichiosis.
Ratnasamy N, Everett ED, Roland WE, McDonald G, Caldwell CW
Clin Infect Dis 1996 Aug;23(2):314-9. doi: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.314. PMID: 8842270

Clinical prediction guides

The epidemiology of human ehrlichiosis in Texas, 2008-2017.
Erickson TA, Mayes B, Murray KO, Gunter SM
Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2021 Nov;12(6):101788. Epub 2021 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101788. PMID: 34325087
Central nervous system manifestations of human ehrlichiosis.
Ratnasamy N, Everett ED, Roland WE, McDonald G, Caldwell CW
Clin Infect Dis 1996 Aug;23(2):314-9. doi: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.314. PMID: 8842270
Ehrlichiosis.
Harkess JR
Infect Dis Clin North Am 1991 Mar;5(1):37-51. PMID: 2051014
Ehrlichiosis in children.
Harkess JR, Ewing SA, Brumit T, Mettry CR
Pediatrics 1991 Feb;87(2):199-203. PMID: 1987531
The tribe Ehrlichieae and ehrlichial diseases.
Rikihisa Y
Clin Microbiol Rev 1991 Jul;4(3):286-308. doi: 10.1128/CMR.4.3.286. PMID: 1889044Free PMC Article

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