Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis During Pregnancy | Zendy

Ann E. Smith Sehdev | Zendy; Paul S. Sehdev | Zendy; R. Jacobs | Zendy; J. Stephen Dumler | Zendy

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Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis During Pregnancy

Author(s) -

Ann E. Smith Sehdev,

Paul S. Sehdev,

R. Jacobs,

J. Stephen Dumler

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/342887

Subject(s) - ehrlichiosis , medicine , ehrlichia chaffeensis , abdominal pain , pregnancy , ehrlichia , rickettsiales , immunology , respiratory distress , appendicitis , virology , surgery , tick , bacteria , biology , genetics

Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME) is caused by Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an obligate intracellular bacterium that infects mononuclear phagocytic cells. We report a unique case of HME diagnosed in a woman who presented with abdominal pain and acute appendicitis during early pregnancy and whose condition progressively deteriorated to adult respiratory distress syndrome.

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