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Indian J Pathol Microbiol
; 51(2): 292-3, 2008.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18603714
RESUMO
Relapsing fever is an acute febrile illness caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. The high fevers of presenting patients spontaneously abate and then recur. Here we report a 50-year-old woman having relapsing fever associated with thrombocytopenia. Giemsa staining of peripheral blood smear revealed spiral organisms morphologically resembling Borrelia. A rare case of relapsing fever which was successfully treated with doxycycline is discussed.