Red cell exchange transfusion for babesiosis in Rhode Island

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 97-105

  Spaete, Joshua ^a   Patrozou, Eleni ^a   Rich, Josiah D ^a   Sweeney, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apheresis; Babesia; Intraerythrocytic par; Therapeutic exchange; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; QUININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BABESIOSIS; CYTAPHERESIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 67449159220     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20197     Document Type: Article

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