[Recurrent fever in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis: a case report]
Journal of Gorgan University of Medical Sciences. 2014; 16 (2): 126-130
in Persian
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ABSTRACT
Borreliosis or recurrent fever is a spirochete disease which is caused by various species of borrelia and characterized by recurrent episodes of fever, chills and spirochetemia that could lead to multiple organ involvement and even death. In this case report, a 23 years old man was presented with shaking chills, fever and abdominal pain from a week before hospital admission. Borrliosis was confirmed following observation of Spirochete in peripheral blood smear. The patient was treated with doxycycline orally and one week after treatment discharged with a good general condition. Coincidence of borreliosis with underlying haemolysis in this patient was misled clinical presentation
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
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Persian
Journal:
J. Gorgan Univ. Med. Sci.
Year:
2014
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