Mental Status Changes in Severe Babesiosis
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by an intraerythrocyte protozoon. We present a unique case of a patient who was infected with babesiosis and subsequently developed severely altered mental status, which dramatically improved after erythrocyte exchange transfusion. This case illustrates that...
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| Main Authors: | Matthew J. Navarro, Frederic Karim, Rakan Al-Ghanamah, Steven B. Maron |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American College of Physicians
2023-05-01
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| Series: | Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| Online Access: | https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.1096 |
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