TY - JOUR AU - Safdar, Nasia AU - Love, Robert B. AU - Maki, Dennis G. T1 - Severe Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient: A Review of Ehrlichiosis in the Immunocompromised Patient T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 3 SP - 320 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe a case of human ehrlichiosis in a lung transplant recipient and review published reports on ehrlichiosis in immunocompromised patients. Despite early therapy with doxycycline, our patient had unusually severe illness with features of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Of 23 reported cases of ehrlichiosis in immunocompromised patients, organ failure occurred in all patients and 6 (25%) died. KW - ehrlichiosis KW - thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura KW - immunocompromised host KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0803.010249 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/3/01-0249_article ER - End of Reference