A Novel Hemotropic Mycoplasma (Hemoplasma) in a Patient with Hemolytic Anemia and Pyrexia

Abstract

A patient with chronic moderate neutropenia, acute hemolysis, and pyrexia was found to be infected with a novel hemoplasma species. A clinical response to doxycyline was noted, and moxifloxacin was added subsequently to aid infection clearance. This represents the first report of hemolysis in association with confirmed hemoplasma infection in a human

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