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BOTERO, Alicia Hidrón; MUNOZ RAMIREZ, Fabián  y  VEGA MIRANDA, Juliana. First case of human monocytic ehrlichiosis reported in Colombia . Infect. [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.4, pp.158-161. ISSN 0123-9392.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infect.2014.04.001.

Human ehrlichiosis is an infection that is neither suspected or recognized in our country. Certain epidemiologic clues should arouse suspicion for this entity when the symptoms are suggestive. We present a case of a young soldier with clear risk factors for zoonotic infection, with fever, a petechial rash, thrombocytopenia, hepatitis and multiple organ failure, for whom a diagnosis of Ehrlichia chaffeensis was confirmed by serology after ruling out common infections and other infections caused by vectors . There are important limitations in documenting these cases, because there is no mandatory public reporting and a significant proportion of these cases are asymptomatic, leading to underdocumentation. It is however, of critical importance to raise awareness about this entitysince delays in treatment portend a higher incidence of complications, including death.

Palabras clave : Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Ehrlichiosis; Multiple organ failure.

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