Probable congenital babesiosis in infant, New Jersey, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 788-791

  Sethi, Sonia ^a   Alcid, David ^b,c   Kesarwala, Hemant ^b,d   Tolan Jr , Robert W ^b,d  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARASITEMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; NEW JERSEY; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 66149120612     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.070808     Document Type: Article

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