Spontaneous splenic rupture caused by Babesia microti infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Kuwayama, David P ^a   Briones, Renato J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Virtua Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENIC RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42549138977     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587175     Document Type: Article

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