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The first case of human ehrlichiosis was described in 1986 when a patient became ill with fever, hypotension, confusion, acute renal failure, coagulopathy, and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The etiologic agent was identified as Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Learn more about Ehrlichia.