Treatment of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis during pregnancy and risk of perinatal transmission

Scand J Infect Dis. 2002;34(11):853-5. doi: 10.1080/0036554021000026937.

Abstract

A pregnant woman from Nantucket Island, MA was diagnosed with human granulocytic ehrlichiosis at 34 weeks gestation. We describe the diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas involved and discuss the risks of perinatal transmission.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Breast Feeding
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Ehrlichiosis / drug therapy*
  • Ehrlichiosis / transmission*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Pregnancy
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Doxycycline