2008
Human Babesiosis
Vannier E, Gewurz BE, Krause PJ. Human Babesiosis. Infectious Disease Clinics Of North America 2008, 22: 469-488. PMID: 18755385, PMCID: PMC3998201, DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2008.03.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBabesial infectionHuman babesiosisCombination of atovaquoneTreatment of choiceSpecific laboratory diagnosisModerate illnessExchange transfusionPolymerase chain reactionSevere diseaseLaboratory diagnosisMorphologic examinationBlood smearsProtozoal parasitesInfectionChain reactionBabesial DNABabesiosisIntraerythrocytic infectionUnited StatesIxodid ticksTransfusionUpper midwestern regionsClindamycinSerologyAzithromycin
2007
ATOVAQUONE AND AZITHROMYCIN TREATMENT FOR BABESIOSIS IN AN INFANT
Raju M, Salazar JC, Leopold H, Krause PJ. ATOVAQUONE AND AZITHROMYCIN TREATMENT FOR BABESIOSIS IN AN INFANT. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2007, 26: 181-183. PMID: 17259886, DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000250622.11505.8f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCyanotic heart diseaseBabesia microti infectionTreatment of childrenOral azithromycinThin blood smearsInitial presentationSevere anemiaHeart diseaseMicroti infectionPolymerase chain reactionHepatic enzymesBlood smearsInfantsIntraerythrocytic parasitesChain reactionTreatmentBabesiosisLaboratory testsFebrileThrombocytopeniaCyanoticAnemiaClindamycinSerologyAzithromycin
2006
Reinfection and relapse in early Lyme disease.
KRAUSE PJ, FOLEY DT, BURKE GS, Christianson D, Closter L, Spielman A, _ _. Reinfection and relapse in early Lyme disease. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2006, 75: 1090-4. PMID: 17172372, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.1090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly Lyme diseaseRecurrent episodesLyme diseaseErythema migransStandard antibiotic therapyInitial rashPrompt administrationAntibiotic therapyClinical manifestationsPrevent relapsePersistent infectionBody sitesDiseaseSequential episodesSpecific antibodiesEndemic sitesEpisodesReinfectionRelapseDetectable levelsFrequent contactVector ticksYearsRashSerology