Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in a child

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Jul;27(7):664-6. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31816a0606.

Abstract

This is the first case of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection described in Cyprus. A 9-year-old girl was infected after a tick-bite. The infection was diagnosed by molecular-based detection of the bacterium in 2 blood samples. The polymerase chain reaction product was sequenced, revealing a novel strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum / isolation & purification*
  • Animals
  • Blood / microbiology
  • Child
  • Cyprus
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Ehrlichiosis / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insect Bites and Stings / complications
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Ticks

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ822072