Complications of coinfection with babesia and lyme disease after splenectomy

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-77

  Abrams, Ya'aqov M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; BILIRUBIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MENINGITIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHILL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALAISE; MALARIA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIXED INFECTION; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYNEUROPATHY; RASH; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWEATING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; BABESIOSIS; CHLOROQUINE; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 38549163695     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.01.060182     Document Type: Article

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