Babesiosis as a cause of fever in patients undergoing a splenectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-347

  Wormser, Gary P ^a   Lombardo, Gary ^a   Silverblatt, Fredric ^b   Khoury, Marc Y E L ^a   Prasad, Aakanksha ^a   Yelon, Jay A ^a   Sanda, Alina ^a   Karim, Sadiqa ^c   Çoku, Lindita ^a   Savino, John A ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; QUININE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN PERFORATION; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952411432     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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