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Septicemia Caused by Tick-borne Bacterial PathogenCandidatusNeoehrlichia mikurensis
24 Jun 2010
Abstract excerpt
We have repeatedly detected Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, a bacterium first described in Rattus norvegicus rats and Ixodes ovatus ticks in Japan in 2004 in the blood of a 61-year-old man with signs of septicemia by 16S rRNA and groEL gene PCR. After 6 weeks of therapy with doxycycline and rifampin, the patient recovered.
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