EHRLICHIOOSI

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Ehrlichioosi on yksi mm. punkkien mukanaan tuomista sairauksista. Seuraavassa tutkimuksessa 15 ehrlichioosia sairastavan henkilön selkäydinneste tutkittiin. Epänormaaali löydös oli 8:lla. Heillä esiintyi kohonneita proteiinipitoisuuksia ja imusoluja keskushermostossa. Henkilöillä esiintyi muutoksia henkisessä tilassa. Neljä heistä kuoli:


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Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Aug;23(2):314-9.

Central nervous system manifestations of human ehrlichiosis.

Ratnasamy N, Everett ED, Roland WE, McDonald G, Caldwell CW.

University of Missouri Health Sciences Center, Columbia, USA.

Since 1989, we have confirmed the diagnosis of human ehrlichiosis in 57 patients. Although routine radiological studies of the central nervous system (CNS) or analyses of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were not done for these patients, primary care physicians detected symptoms or signs that prompted them to perform such studies. CSF samples were examined for 15 of the 57 patients. Findings in eight of the 15 CSF samples were abnormal, and the most common abnormalities were lymphocytic pleocytosis and elevated protein levels. A search of the English-language literature revealed 21 additional cases in which CSF examinations were performed; in 13 of these cases, CSF findings were abnormal.

The most common clinical finding that predicted CSF abnormalities was a change in mental status. A total of 14 patients underwent computerized tomographic studies, and none of these studies showed abnormalities. Four (19%) of the 21 patients with CNS manifestations of ehrlichiosis and abnormal CSF findings died.

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* Review of Reported Cases


PMID: 8842270 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE