Infection with Ehrlichia canis should be suspected in patients with fever, headache, malaise, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and a history of recent exposure to ticks. The cytopenia is caused by bone marrow hypoplasia which may be severe. The disease may be confused with spotless Rocky Mountain spott
Ehrlichiosis: A cause of bone marrow hypoplasia in humans
โ Scribed by John R. Harkess; Marcel E. Conrad
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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