Babesiosis in patients with AIDS: A chronic infection presenting as fever of unknown origin

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 809-812

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a   Klempner, Mark S ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; QUININE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RELAPSE; SPLENECTOMY; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0030056141     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.5.809     Document Type: Article

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