Severe babesiosis presenting as acute respiratory distress syndrome in an immunocompetent patient

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 289-291

  Panduranga, Veena ^a   Kumar, Anupam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PIROPLASMOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; BABESIOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84901669771     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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