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ArticleCureus2024

A Ticking Time Bomb: A Case Report of Neutropenic Fever Secondary to Tick-Borne Illness.

Danielle C Thor, Joann Y Ha, Yasemin Galiboglu, Kristine Wong, Cindy Hou

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Danielle C ThorInternal Medicine, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Stratford, USA.
Joann Y HaInternal Medicine, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Stratford, USA.
Yasemin GalibogluInternal Medicine, Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, USA.
Kristine WongInternal Medicine, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Stratford, USA.
Cindy HouInfectious Diseases, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Stratford, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of immunomodulatory therapies and their ever-expanding number of treatment indications necessitates the understanding of their associated complications. Neutropenic fever serves as an example of these complications often encountered in clinical practice. Although neutropenic fever can result from virtually any pathogen, episodes of the syndrome secondary to tick-borne illness remain relatively undocumented in the scientific literature. In the case presented, a 77-year-old female with a pertinent past medical history of smoldering IgG multiple myeloma on active immunosuppressive therapy presented with a first-time episode of neutropenic fever likely secondary to tick-borne illness. Through this report, attention is drawn to an additional source pathogen for neutropenic fever and its management, thus expanding upon clinician understanding of this all-too-common complication of immunosuppression.

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babesiababesiosisborreliahematologyinfectious diseaselyme diseaseneutropenianeutropenic feveroncologytick-borne illness

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PMID39421083
PMCPMC11484171

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