Thread: Not fully neurological... multiple system infection?
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Old 01-05-2008, 07:02 PM
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Default many TBDs
many TBDs are commonly blood negative!!

Here you can see Ehrlichiosis was blood negative in 2 of 4 acute, fatal cases!

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum

Evidence of E. chaffeensis via IHC, ISH, and PCR was documented in all 4 cases. Abundant immunostaining and in situ nucleic acid hybridization were observed in spleen and lymph node from all 4 patients.

Significantly, in 2 of these patients, serologic evidence of infection was absent.

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Ehrlichiosis is a common lyme coinfection!!! And common by itself.

1: Arch Virol Suppl. 2005;(19):147-56.Links

Ehrlichia under our noses and no one notices.
Walker DH.
Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum
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