Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an intracellular bacterium responsible for human monocytic ehrlichiosis, a potentially severe tick-borne disease. This pathogen has developed sophisticated mechanisms to ...

parkeri to humans. Lone star tick, which is widely distributed in the eastern and southeastern United States. It transmits: Bourbon virus, Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii (which cause ...

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007;26(6):475-479. The diagnosis of HME and initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy were delayed in nearly all patients in this study. These delays occurred not ...

Thirty-two patients were identified as having a diagnosis of HME, with the first patient identified in 1993. The demographics and historical features of the patients are outlined in Table 1. The ...