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Extensive workup for other common and uncommon causes of pneumonia was positive for anaplasmosis. The patient recovered completely with doxycycline therapy. In our literature review, we find that in 80% of reported cases of anaplasmosis pneumonia, empiric treatment did not contain doxycycline, which in some cases led to acute respiratory distress syndrome. Clinicians in tick-borne disease endemic regions should be aware of this unusual presentation of anaplasmosis in order to be able to select appropriate antimicrobial regimens and initiate timely management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms11061483","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,2]],"date-time":"2023-06-02T01:33:54Z","timestamp":1685669634000},"page":"1483","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Anaplasma phagocytophilum Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Case Report and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5312-8812","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Igor","family":"Dumic","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA"},{"name":"Department of Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI 54703, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emily","family":"Person","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oladapo","family":"Igandan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA"},{"name":"Department of Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI 54703, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Omobolanle","family":"Adetimehin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA"},{"name":"Department of Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI 54703, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Charles W.","family":"Nordstrom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA"},{"name":"Department of Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI 54703, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christopher","family":"Williams","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA"},{"name":"Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI 54703, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6634-6272","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fnu","family":"Shweta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA"},{"name":"Department of Infectious Disease, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, WI 54703, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1828","DOI":"10.3201\/eid1112.050898","article-title":"Human granulocytic anaplasmosis and Anaplasma phagocytophilum","volume":"11","author":"Dumler","year":"2005","journal-title":"Emerg. 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