Anaplasmosis encephalitis and infection of non-myeloid bone marrow precursors
Publication type:
Journal Article
Publication date:
2023-11
Journal/Series title:
BMJ Case Rep
Volume:
16
Issue:
11
Abstract:
Our case report describes an uncommon meningoencephalitic presentation of anaplasmosis with substantial anaemia and thrombocytopaenia. Additionally, we propose a mechanism of bone marrow infection and suppression by A. phagocytophilum which may be responsible for the cytopaenia in anaplasmosis and provide pictographic evidence of anaplasma in peripheral blood, cerebrospinal fluid and bone marrow.