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Old January 21st, 2008, 05:35 PM
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Default Could Monocyte Erlichiosis being playing a role in my disease?Now I say "Maybe".
Earlier I had mentioned testing for erlichiosis and a maybe for Lyme. While I was sure that the Igenex tests pointed to something, I was unsure whether the ricksettal organism they found was actually what was reported.

While Erlichiosis is associated with malaise, weakness, fever, etc. I had yet to find any article pointing to its role in our symptoms. However the article below indicates an instance where the Erlichiae could be a cofactor in hemophagocytotic syndromes causing a lymphatic infiltrate. The article also mentions "murine tyhpus", which I though also could be a cofactor along with Parvo and EBV with immune disregulation.

Anyway, here's the article about erlichiosis:

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/6/121

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