Liddell Allison M, Sumner John W, Paddock Christopher D, Rikihisa Yasuko, Unver Ahmet, Buller Richard S, Storch Gregory A
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jun 15;34(12):1644-7. doi: 10.1086/340523. Epub 2002 May 16.
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is an emerging infection caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, but reinfection with this agent has not been described. We report a case of reinfection with E. chaffeensis after a 2-year interval in a 56-year-old liver transplant recipient with frequent tick attachments.
人单核细胞埃立克体病是由恰菲埃立克体引起的一种新发感染病，但此前尚未有关于再次感染该病原体的报道。我们报告了一例56岁的肝移植受者，该患者经常被蜱虫叮咬，在时隔两年后再次感染恰菲埃立克体。
