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Volume 22, Number 5—May 2016
Research

Expanded Geographic Distribution and Clinical Characteristics of Ehrlichia ewingii Infections, United States

Rebecca M. Harris1, Brianne A. Couturier, Stephan C. Sample, Katrina S. Coulter, Kathleen K. Casey, and Robert SchlabergComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (R.M. Harris, R. Schlaberg); Associated Regional and University Pathologists Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City (B.A. Couturier, R. Schlaberg); Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center, Jasper, Indiana, USA (S.C. Sample); University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (K.S. Coulter); Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey, USA (K.K. Casey)

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Table 3

Associated laboratory findings for 5 patients infected with Ehrlichia ewingii, United States

Laboratory finding Patient
1 2 3 4 5
Minimum leukocyte count, × 103 cells/μL 3.5 4.5 2.7 2.6 2.8
Minimum platelet count, × 103/μL 128 179 102 92 100
Maximum aspartate aminotransferase level, U/L 24 115 38 28 91
Maximum alanine aminotransferase level, U/L 26 279 38 28 78
Maximum alkaline phosphatase level, U/L 77 90 85 87 146

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1Current affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

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