Absence of erythrocyte sequestration in a case of babesiosis in a splenectomized human patient

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Clark, Ian A ^a   Budd, Alison C ^a   Hsue, Gunther ^b   Haymore, Bret R ^b   Joyce, Alina J ^b   Thorner, Richard ^c   Krause, Peter J ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c San Antonio Infectious Diseases Consultants   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPLENECTOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; BABESIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 33747835575     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-69     Document Type: Article

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