Highly elevated serum ferritin levels are a diagnostic marker in babesiosis

Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 1;60(5):827-9. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu960. Epub 2014 Dec 3.

Authors

Burke A Cunha¹, Muhammad Raza¹, Aidan Schmidt¹

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola School of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York.

PMID: 25472945
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu960

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Babesiosis / diagnosis*
Biomarkers / blood*
Female
Ferritins / blood*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Serum / chemistry
Time Factors

Substances

Biomarkers
Ferritins