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Although thrombocytopenia is common in human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), profound thrombocytopenia is rarely described, and cardiac conduction abnormalities remain infrequently reported. We describe a 73-year-old woman in New England who developed fever, somnolence, acute kidney injury, transaminitis, a platelet nadir of\n \n \n 12<\/mml:mn>\n \u00d7<\/mml:mo>\n \n 10<\/mml:mn>\n 9<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msup>\n \/<\/mml:mi>\n L<\/mml:mi>\n \n (<\/mml:mo>\n 168<\/mml:mn>\n \u2013<\/mml:mi>\n 382<\/mml:mn>\n \u00d7<\/mml:mo>\n \n 10<\/mml:mn>\n 9<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msup>\n \/<\/mml:mi>\n L<\/mml:mi>\n )<\/mml:mo>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:math>\n , and a new right bundle branch block (RBBB) with modest troponin elevation. Peripheral smear revealed D\u00f6hle bodies, vacuolated neutrophils, and giant platelets. Respiratory viral panel and blood cultures were negative. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed\n A. phagocytophilum<\/jats:italic>\n . The patient was initially treated empirically with atovaquone and azithromycin for presumed babesiosis, but therapy was narrowed to doxycycline with rapid recovery of symptoms and normalization of laboratory abnormalities. No echocardiogram or repeat electrocardiogram was performed during hospitalization despite the new conduction abnormality and elevated troponin, limiting conclusions regarding causality. This case underscores the need for heightened clinical suspicion in endemic regions, highlights an unusual severity of thrombocytopenia, and raises questions regarding potential cardiac involvement after the incidental finding of a new right bundle branch block.\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.56305\/001c.158385","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,1]],"date-time":"2026-04-01T16:51:32Z","timestamp":1775062292000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Severe Thrombocytopenia and New Right Bundle Branch Block in Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.56305","volume":"5","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-8418-8529","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zachary","family":"Shaw","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Brown University Health","department":["Department of Internal Medicine"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7065-7946","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cynthia","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Brown University Health","department":["Department of Internal Medicine"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"35509","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,1]]},"reference":[{"issue":"7","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1433","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms10071433","article-title":"Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis-A Systematic Review of Published Cases","volume":"10","author":"I. 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