A difficult diagnosis of anaplasmosis with pneumonia: A case report. (January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taşdemir, Canan; Şimşek, Sümeyra; Önal, Uğur; Çetinkaya, Handan; Aydın, Levent; Yılmaz, Emel
• Is Part Of: Tropical doctor. Volume 53:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 190
• Page End: 192
• Publication Date: 2023-01
• Subjects: anaplasmosis -- anaplasma phagocytophilum -- pneumonia; Tropical medicine -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing Countries -- Periodicals; Tropical Medicine -- Periodicals; Tropische geneeskunde; 616.9883
• DOI: 10.1177/00494755221112737
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0049-4755

Abstract

Anaplasmosis (Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, HGA), is a disease caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum but also formerly known as Ehrlichia phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia equi . We present a 57-year-old male diagnosed with systemic HGA and lung involvement, who had lived in Benin. A possible tick bite had been reported in his history. There was a dramatic response to treatment.