Ruscio Maurizio, Cinco Marina
Hospital of San Daniele del Friuli, San Daniele, Italy.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Jun;990:350-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07387.x.
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.
我们在此报告意大利首次描述的两例人埃立克体病病例。一名患者出现了埃立克体病的症状，如发热、结膜炎和肝酶升高；通过针对嗜吞噬细胞无形体抗原的四倍血清转化确诊为嗜吞噬细胞无形体病。第二名患者是一名林业工人，患有莱姆病，在该病例中，由于发热、白细胞减少和血清转化而怀疑感染嗜吞噬细胞无形体病。
