Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis, Mexico City, Mexico

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 12; pp. 3016 - 3019
• Main Authors: Alcántara-Rodríguez, Virginia E, Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Contreras, Hugo, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Fierro-Flores, Lauro, Avalos, Sergio, Rodríguez-Rangel, Francisco, Becker, Ingeborg, Walker, David H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-12-2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Anemia; Arachnids; bacteria; Bacterial infections; Blood & organ donations; Blood platelets; Blood transfusions; Case studies; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diagnosis; Dispatch; DNA; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ehrlichiosis; Enzymes; Fever; Homelessness; Hospitalization; human monocytic ehrlichiosis; Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis, Mexico City, Mexico; Infections; Leukopenia; Liver; man who was homeless; Mens health; Pathogens; Patient outcomes; Phylogenetics; rickettsia; Surveillance; Thrombocytopenia; vector-borne infections; Veterinary medicine; Zoonoses; Mexico; United States > US; Arkansas; human monocytic ehrlichiosis; man who was homeless; rickettsia; vector-borne infections; bacteria; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Mexico; zoonoses; tick-borne infections; Mexico City
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.200520

Little information is available about human infections by the members of the genus Ehrlichia in Mexico. Only 2 species, Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffensis, are known to cause disease in this country. We report a fatal case of human monocytic ehrlichiosis in Mexico City in a man who was homeless.