Table 11. Reported cases of organ transplant-donor derived human ehrlichiosis (n = 7).

No.	Year of publication	Age of patient (years)	Sex of patient	Country of infection	Pre-existing medical conditions	Organ transplantation due to	Culprit transplant organ	Time between transplantation and onset of symptoms (days)	Diagnosis of human ehrlichiosis established by	Ehrlichia species	Antimicrobial therapy	Time between onset of fever and appropriate treatment (days)	Complications	Outcome	Ref.
1	2014	57	Female	USA	ESRD secondary to hypertension, HCV, GERD	ESRD	Kidney	22	PCR, serology	E. chaffeensis	Doxycycline	5	N.r.	N.r.	[18]
2	2014	56	Male	USA	HTN, HCV, sleep apnea,	HTN	Kidney	25	Serology	E. chaffeensis	Tigecycline	12	Renal failure, DIC, spontaneous hemorrhage	Survived	[18]
3	2021	70	Male	USA	ESRD from polycystic kidney disease	ESRD	Kidney	17	PCR, microscopy	E. chaffeensis	Doxycycline	7	HLH, seizure, E. coli septicemia, DVT, candida fungemia	Died	[17]
4	2021	66	Male	USA	ESRD due to DM2, nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, adult onset Still disease	ESRD, renal cell carcinoma	Kidney	9	PCR	E. chaffeensis	N.r.	N.r.	HLH, cardiac arrest	Died	[17]
5	2021	5	Male	USA	ESRD due to obstructive uropathy	ESRD	Kidney	9	PCR	N.r.	Doxycycline	7	N.r.	Survived	[17]
6	2021	6	Male	USA	ESRD due to obstructive uropathy	ESRD	Kidney	9	PCR	E. chaffeensis	Doxycycline	9	HLH	Survived	[17]
7	2021	69	Male	USA	HCV-related cirrhosis	HCV-related cirrhosis	Liver	11	PCR	N.r	Doxycycline	1	N.r.	Survived	[17]

DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy; DM2, diabetes mellitus type 2; E. coli, Escherichia coli; E. chaffeensis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HLH, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; HTN, hypertensive nephropathy; N.r., none/not reported; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; Ref., reference; USA, United States of America.