Table. Reports of immunocompromised patients with Ehrlichia infection.

Immunocompromised state	Age	Form of ehrlichiosis	Clinical features	Outcome	Reference
Rheumatoid arthritis, on methotrexate	49	Ehrlichia ewingii	Fever, headache	Survived	5
Emphysema, on prednisone	65	E. ewingii	Fever, headache	Survived	5
Renal transplant	11	E. ewingii	Lyphadenopathy, fever	Survived	5
Liver transplant	47	HMEa	Multiorgan failure	Survived	9
Leukemia	6	HME	Hepatitis, pancytopenia, rash, renal failure	Survived	10
Asplenia	71	HGE	Fever, neurologic dysfunction	Survived	11
Asplenia	30	HGE	Rash, fever	Survived	11
HIV infection (CD4 45/mm3)	33	HME	Cardiomyopathy, heart failure	Survived	12
Renal transplant	35	HME	Rash, pancytopenia, renal failure	Survived	13
HIV infection (CD4 NS)	38	HME	Multiorgan failure	Died	14
Sickle beta-thalassemia	NS	HME	Respiratory failure	Survived	15
Renal transplant	NS	HME	NS	Survived	15
HIV infection (CD4 164/mm3)	52	HME	Hepatitis, thrombocytopenia	Died	16
Renal transplant	67	HGE	Pancytopenia, renal failure, hepatitis	Survived	17
HIV infection CD4 (18/mm3)	36	HME	Hepatitis, renal failure	Died	18
Liver transplant	51	HME	Pancytopenia, shock	Survived	19
Asplenia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, on steroids	80	HGE	Multiorgan failure	Died	7
HIV infection (CD4 199/mm3)	37	HME	fever, pancytopenia, toxic-shock-like illness	Survived	20
Splenectomy	46	HME	Pancreatitis, shock, encephalitis	Survived	20
HIV infection (CD4 64/mm3)	41	HME	Pancytopenia, pulmonary hemorrhage	Died	21
Asplenia	67	E. canis	Renal failure respiratory failure, encephalitis	Died	8
Crohn disease requiring prednisone	57	E. canis	Pancytopenia, hepatitis	Survived	22
Bilateral lung transplant	38	HME	Pancytopenia, renal failure, TTP-like illness	Survived	Current case

^aHME = human monocytic ehrlichiosis; HGE = human granulocytic ehrlichiosis; NS = not specified