Fatal case of babesiosis in postliver transplant patient

Transplantation

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 452-453

  Berman, Kenneth H ^a   Blue, Deborah E ^b   Smith, Daniel S ^b   Kwo, Paul Y ^a   Liangpunsakul, Suthat ^a,c,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE SULFATE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; ERYTHROCYTE; HEPATITIS C; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARASITOLOGY;

AGED; ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

EID: 61849083065     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181957694     Document Type: Letter

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