Medical Term:

Ehrlichia phagocytophila

 

Definition: the bacterial species that causes human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; also causes tick-borne fever in cattle; occurs in the Midatlantic, southern New England, and southern Midwest and is spread by ticks (Ixodes).

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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