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Babesia species (Babesiosis)

 

 

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Life cycle of Babesia species

Wormser GP, Dattwyler RJ, Shapiro ED, Halperin JJ, Steere AC, Klempner MS, Krause PJ, Bakken JS, Strle F, Stanek G, Bockenstedt L, Fish D, Dumler JS, Nadelman RB. The Clinical Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis. Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Disease Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2006;43:1089-134.

Vyas JM, Telford SR, et al.  Treatment of Refractory Babesia microti Infection with Atovaquone-Proguanil in an HIV-Infected Patient: Case Report.  Clin Infect Dis 2007;45:1588-90.

Wormser GP, et al. Emergence of Resistance to Azithromycin-Atovaquone in Immunocompromised Patients with Babesia microti Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Feb 1;50:381-6.

 

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Edouard Vannier, Ph.D., Peter J. Krause, M.D.

First Edition (1999), Second Edition (2002):  Charles Thompson, M.D. and David M. Persing, M.D., Ph.D.

 

 

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