TY - JOUR AU - Sosa-Gutierrez, Carolina AU - Solorzano-Santos, Fortino AU - Walker, David AU - Torres, Javier AU - Serrano, Carlos AU - Gordillo-Perez, Guadalupe T1 - Fatal Monocytic Ehrlichiosis in Woman, Mexico, 2013 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 5 SP - 871 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Human monocytic ehrlichiosis is a febrile illness caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an intracellular bacterium transmitted by ticks. In Mexico, a case of E. chaffeensis infection in an immunocompetent 31-year-old woman without recognized tick bite was fatal. This diagnosis should be considered for patients with fever, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and elevated liver enzyme levels. KW - Ehrlichia chaffeensis KW - human monocytic ehrlichiosis KW - bacteria KW - vector-borne infections KW - ticks KW - Mexico KW - fatal DO - 10.3201/eid2205.151217 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/15-1217_article ER - End of Reference