| A Naval Academy midshipman with ehrlichiosis after summer field exercises in Quantico, Virginia. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 11272720 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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A case of human ehrlichiosis (caused by infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis) is presented. The patient was a female Naval Academy midshipman with a 26-day history of daily field training with the U.S. Marines near Quantico, Virginia. She presented with a several-day history of myalgias, fever, and frontal headache. During her clinical course, she developed fever to 104 degrees F, dry cough, dyspnea on exertion, arthralgias, and nephrotic syndrome. She did not develop a rash. Laboratory studies were significant for thrombocytopenia, equivocal Lyme enzyme immunosorbent assay with a negative confirmatory western immunoblot, equivocal Rocky Mountain spotted fever acute serology without a convalescent increase in immunoglobulin G, and immunoglobulin G/immunoglobulin M serology positive for human monocytic ehrlichiosis. She manifested known sequelae for this emerging disease, including dyspnea, pedal edema, increased transminases, and nephrotic syndrome. |
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Authors:
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T B Rooney; T E McGue; K C Delahanty |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Military medicine Volume: 166 ISSN: 0026-4075 ISO Abbreviation: Mil Med Publication Date: 2001 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-03-01 Completed Date: 2001-03-29 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 2984771R Medline TA: Mil Med Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 191-3 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Naval Ambulatory Care Center, Internal Medicine, Newport, RI 02841, USA. |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use Blotting, Western Cough / microbiology Doxycycline / therapeutic use Dyspnea / microbiology Ehrlichiosis / blood, diagnosis*, drug therapy, etiology, immunology Female Fever / microbiology Headache / microbiology Humans Immunoenzyme Techniques Inservice Training Military Personnel* Naval Medicine* Pain / microbiology Thrombocytopenia / microbiology Virginia |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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0/Anti-Bacterial Agents; 564-25-0/Doxycycline |
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