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Case Report: Overwhelming Babesia Parasitemia Successfully Treated Promptly With RBC Apheresis and Triple Therapy With Clindamycin, Azithromycin, and Atovaquone
Babesiosis with high-grade parasitemia is life-threatening, especially in asplenic hosts. We report an asplenic patient with parasitemia >50% who was successfully treated with prompt red blood cell apheresis and triple therapy with clindamycin + azithromycin + atovaquone. This regimen may be an a...
Autores principales: | Li, Yijia, Stanley, Susan, Villalba, Julian A, Nelson, Sandra, Gelfand, Jeffrey |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7585322/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33134419 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa448 |
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