2008
Persistent and Relapsing Babesiosis in Immunocompromised Patients
Krause PJ, Gewurz BE, Hill D, Marty FM, Vannier E, Foppa IM, Furman RR, Neuhaus E, Skowron G, Gupta S, McCalla C, Pesanti EL, Young M, Heiman D, Hsue G, Gelfand JA, Wormser GP, Dickason J, Bia FJ, Hartman B, Telford SR, Christianson D, Dardick K, Coleman M, Girotto JE, Spielman A. Persistent and Relapsing Babesiosis in Immunocompromised Patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008, 46: 370-376. PMID: 18181735, DOI: 10.1086/525852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase patientsAntibabesial treatmentClinical courseControl subjectsBlood smearsRetrospective case-control studyOptimal treatment regimenStandard antimicrobial therapyMalaria-like illnessBabesia microti infectionMost cases patientsCase-control studyCourse of therapyB-cell lymphomaAdministration of atovaquoneImmunologic statusStandard therapyAntimicrobial regimenSuch patientsTreatment regimenMicroti infectionAntimicrobial therapyPersistent infectionCell lymphomaAcute babesiosis
1979
Cytomegalovirus Infection in Guinea Pigs. III. Persistent Viruria, Blood Transmission, and Viral Interference
Bia F, Hastings K, Hsiung G. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Guinea Pigs. III. Persistent Viruria, Blood Transmission, and Viral Interference. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1979, 140: 914-920. PMID: 232118, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/140.6.914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStrain 2 animalsStrain 2 guinea pigsHerpes-like virusBuffy coatGuinea pig herpes-like virusInfected guinea pigsInbred strain 2 guinea pigsCytomegalovirus infectionBlood recipientsGuinea pigsExperimental CMV infectionsIsolation of cytomegalovirusChronic persistent infectionPigsActive cytomegalovirusUninfected donorsCytomegalovirusPersistent infectionRenal tissueSalivary glandsEndogenous virusInfectious virusViruriaVirusInfection