First case of human babesiosis in Germany - Clinical presentation and molecular characterisation of the pathogen

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-204

  Häselbarth, Katja ^a   Tenter, Astrid M ^b   Brade, Volker ^c   Krieger, Gerhard ^a   Hunfeld, Klaus Peter ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine II   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Babesia EU1; Babesiosis; Germany; Immunocompromised patient

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE; QUININE; RIBOSOME DNA; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GERMANY; GRANULOMA; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALARIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLENECTOMY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 34247862180     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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