Severe babesiosis and Borrelia burgdorferi co-infection

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-143

  Martinez Balzano C ^a   Hess, M ^a   Malhotra, A ^a   Lenox, R ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; QUINIDINE; QUININE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LYME DISEASE; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NIGHT SWEAT; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PIROPLASMOSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; RETICULOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BITE; ANIMAL; BABESIOSIS; COMPLICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

AGED; ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COINFECTION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 84928950491     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcs100     Document Type: Article

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