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Mysterious Fevers
Admitted to a hospital for a 103.5 fever, Doctors weren't quite sure what Bob Ervins
illness was. A routine diagnosis only reveled discomfort after eating and low levels of
all three types of cells. Also his liver enzymes showed signs of anema.
With this information, Doctors came up with the diagnosis of cholecystitis, otherwise
known as inflamed gall bladder. However Surgeon Audrey Nevins felt that low levels of all
three cells wasn't usually associated with the gall bladder. But, after questioning
Ervins, Nevins learned ticks, while traveling through Colorado and Indiana, had bitten
him.
After some testing for diseases carried by ticks (RMSF, Babesiosis, Tubremia, Lyme
Disease) Ervins blood was confirmed to have the presence of Ehrlichia Chaffeensis, which
is from a lonestar tick infected with that bacterium.
Bibliography
Biology Digest
Volume 26
Issue 4
December 1999
99/00 - 1098