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PMID: 7643639 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of human babesiosis and review the literature on the disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We describe a 62-year-old man with babesiosis, outline his clinical course and response to therapy, and discuss the use of the polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis and monitoring of the infection. RESULTS: The onset of the disease was insidious, with fatigue, fever, weight loss, intermittently discolored urine, and anemia. Computed tomography of the abdomen revealed a small, shrunken spleen with an irregular border. With treatment, the symptoms gradually resolved. Although peripheral blood smears were negative soon after therapy, Babesia microti DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction 53 days after initial examination. CONCLUSION: The development of improved methods for diagnosis, including indirect immunofluorescent antibody assays and the polymerase chain reaction, provides more sensitive detection of the parasitemia associated with babesiosis. Use of these methods may help to delineate the complete clinical spectrum of this infection and its geographic distribution in the United States. |
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Authors:
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R K Pruthi; W F Marshall; J C Wiltsie; D H Persing |
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic Volume: 70 ISSN: 0025-6196 ISO Abbreviation: Mayo Clin. Proc. Publication Date: 1995 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1995-09-21 Completed Date: 1995-09-21 Revised Date: 2007-10-29 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0405543 Medline TA: Mayo Clin Proc Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 853-62 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Division of Hematology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN 55905, USA. |
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Babesiosis*
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diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Humans Male Middle Aged Polymerase Chain Reaction |
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