Persistence of babesiosis for >2 years in a patient on rituximab for rheumatoid arthritis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 231-232

  Raffalli, John ^a,b   Wormser, Gary P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Mount Kisco Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Babesiosis; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; AZITHROMYCIN; BABESIA MICROTI ANTIBODY; CLINDAMYCIN; ETANERCEPT; PARASITE ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BABESIOSIS; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RITUXIMAB;

EID: 84962264392     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.02.016     Document Type: Article

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