Figure 1. Peripheral smear from a patient who presented with fever and generalized malaise is shown. Intracellular Erhlichia organism (morula – arrow) is present. He was treated with a course of doxycyline and had an uneventful recovery.
Figure 4. In this view two Ehrlicia morula are present in the neutrophil. Another organism is also noted which is either extracellular or within a platelet.