Babesiosis in the immediate postoperative period after splenectomy for trauma

Surgical Infections

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 553-556

  Semel, Marcus E ^a   Tavakkolizadeh, Ali ^a   Gates, Jonathan D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BICYCLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; VITAL SIGN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 73849145006     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2008.001     Document Type: Article

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