Concurrent babesiosis and ehrlichiosis in an elderly host

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 563-565

  Javed, Muhammad Z ^a,c   Srivastava, Manjul ^a   Zhang, Shengle ^a   Kandathil, Mathew ^b  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kimball Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0035026543     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/76.5.563     Document Type: Article

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