TY - JOUR AU - Fehr, Jan S. AU - Bloemberg, Guido V. AU - Ritter, Claudia AU - Hombach, Michael AU - Lüscher, Thomas F. AU - Weber, Rainer AU - Keller, Peter M. T1 - Septicemia Caused by Tick-borne Bacterial Pathogen Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 7 SP - 1127 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis KW - septicemia KW - human infection KW - 16S rRNA gene PCR KW - therapy KW - tick-borne pathogen KW - bacteria KW - dispatch KW - Switzerland DO - 10.3201/eid1607.091907 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/7/09-1907_article ER - End of Reference