Persistent parasitemia after acute babesiosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 160-165

  Krause, Peter J ^a,f   Spielman, Andrew ^b   Telford III, Sam R ^b   Sikand, Vijay K ^c   McKay, Kathleen ^a   Christianson, Diane ^a   Pollack, Richard J ^b   Brassard, Peter ^d   Magera, Jenifer ^e   Ryan, Raymond ^a   Persing, David H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; TINNITUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYME DISEASE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUININE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032537746     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199807163390304     Document Type: Article

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