RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Blood smear analysis in babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, relapsing fever, malaria, and Chagas disease
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 521
OP 530
VO 75
IS 7
A1 Steve M. Blevins
A1 Ronald A. Greenfield
A1 Michael S. Bronze
YR 2008
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/7/521.abstract
AB Blood smear analysis is especially useful for diagnosing five infectious diseases: babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, relapsing fever due to Borrelia infection, malaria, and American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease). It should be performed in patients with persistent or recurring fever or in those who have traveled to the developing world or who have a history of tick exposure, especially if accompanied by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, or hepatosplenomegaly.