Human babesiosis in New York State: Review of 139 hospitalized cases and analysis of prognostic factors

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2149-2154

  White, Dennis J ^a,c   Talarico, John ^b,c   Chang, Hwa Gan ^b   Birkhead, Guthrie S ^b,c   Heimberger, Tracey ^b,d   Morse, Dale L ^a,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH; DIAPHORESIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BABESIOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032569640     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.19.2149     Document Type: Article

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