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Volume 29, Number 8—August 2023
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Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis Infection in Patient with Antecedent Hematologic Neoplasm, Spain1

Paola González-Carmona23, Aránzazu Portillo2, Cristina Cervera-Acedo, Daniel González-Fernández, and José A. OteoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Hospital de Jarrio, Asturias, Spain (P. González-Carmona, D. González-Fernández); Hospital Universitario San Pedro-CIBIR, La Rioja, Spain (A. Portillo, C. Cervera-Acedo, J.A. Oteo)

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Table 1

PCR primer pairs and conditions used in study of Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis infection in patient with antecedent hematologic neoplasm, Spain*

Organisms Target gene Primer name Primer sequence, 5′ → 3′ Amplicon size Tm, °C
Bacteria
16S rRNA
fD1 AGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG 1,500 bp
60
rP2
ACGGCTACCTTGTTACGACTT
Anaplasmataceae†
16S rRNA-EHR
EHR16SD GGTACCYACAGAAGAAGTCC 345 bp
55
EHR16SR
TAGCACTCATCGTTTACAGC
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
msp2
msp2–3F CCAGCGTTTAGCAAGATAAGAG 334 bp
56
msp2–3R
GCCCAGTAACAACATCATAAGC
Candidatus N. mikurensis groEL, 1st run
Ne-groEL-F GAAGTATAGTTTAGTATTTTTGTC 1,275 bp
49
Ne-groEL-R
TTAACTTCTACTTCGCTTG
groEL, 2nd run
Ne-groEL-F GAAGTATAGTTTAGTATTTTTGTC 510 bp
49
Ne-groEL_ne-1
ACATCACGTTTCATAGAA
groEL, 2nd run
Ne-groEL_ne-2 AAAGGAATTAGTATTAGAATCTTT 569 bp
49
Ne-groEL_ne-4
CTTCCATTTTAACTGCTAA
groEL, 2nd run Ne-groEL_ne-3 AATATAGCAAGATCAGGTAGAC 461 bp 49
Ne-groEL-R TTAACTTCTACTTCGCTTG

*Tm, melting temperature. †Includes Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and Candidatus Neoehrlichia spp. 16S rRNA-EHR refers to the 16S rRNA sequence from the Anaplasmataceae family members, whereas 16S rRNA refers to the panbacterial 16S rRNA sequence.

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1Data from this study were presented at the joint LXIV National Conference of the Spanish Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy, XXXVIII National Conference of the Spanish Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, and 38th World Congress of the International Society of Hematology; October 6–8, 2022; Barcelona, Spain; and International Intracellular Bacteria Meeting; August 23–26, 2022; Lausanne, Switzerland.

2These first authors contributed equally to this article.

3Current affiliation: Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Asturias, Spain.

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