Pulmonary complications of babesiosis: Case report and literature review

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 505-508

  Cunha, B A ^a,b   Nausheen, S ^a,b   Szalda, D ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG EDEMA; NONCARDIOGENIC LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TICK BITE;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PULMONARY EDEMA; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 34347390426     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0325-1     Document Type: Article

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