Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Italy: first report on two confirmed cases.

@article{citeulike:2497056, abstract = {We report here the two first cases of human ehrlichiosis described in Italy. One patient presented symptoms indicative of ehrlichiosis, such as fever, conjunctivitis, and increase of hepatic enzymes; HGE was confirmed by fourfold seroconversion for HGE antigen. The second patient, a forest worker, was affected by Lyme disease, and in this case HGE was suspected because of fever, leukopenia, and seroconversion.}, address = {Hospital of San Daniele del Friuli, San Daniele, Italy. maurizioruscio@hotmail.com}, author = {Ruscio, M. and Cinco, M. }, citeulike-article-id = {2497056}, issn = {0077-8923}, journal = {Ann N Y Acad Sci}, keywords = {anaplasmosis, human\_cases, italy}, month = {June}, pages = {350--352}, posted-at = {2008-03-09 19:30:18}, priority = {2}, title = {Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Italy: first report on two confirmed cases.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12860650}, volume = {990}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2497056 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2497056 TI - Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Italy: first report on two confirmed cases. JF - Ann N Y Acad Sci VL - 990 SP - 350 EP - 352 AD - Hospital of San Daniele del Friuli, San Daniele, Italy. maurizioruscio@hotmail.com SN - 0077-8923 N2 - We report here the two first cases of human ehrlichiosis described in Italy. One patient presented symptoms indicative of ehrlichiosis, such as fever, conjunctivitis, and increase of hepatic enzymes; HGE was confirmed by fourfold seroconversion for HGE antigen. The second patient, a forest worker, was affected by Lyme disease, and in this case HGE was suspected because of fever, leukopenia, and seroconversion. KW - anaplasmosis KW - human_cases KW - italy AU - Ruscio, M AU - Cinco, M PY - 2003/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12860650 ER -