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. 2020 Mar;35(3):928-929.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05506-5. Epub 2019 Nov 11.

Babesiosis-Associated Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Michael A Santos  1 , Lawrence M Tierney Jr  2   3 , Reza Manesh  4
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Babesiosis-Associated Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Michael A Santos et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: autoimmune hemolytic anemia; babesiosis; clinical image; peripheral-blood smear.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Peripheral-blood smear showing a Howell-Jolly body (thin arrow) indicating asplenia, Babesia microti extracellular ring form (red arrowhead), spherocytes (blue arrowhead), and a nucleated red blood cell (thick arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Peripheral-blood smear demonstrating both Babesia microti intracellular (thin arrows) and extracellular (thick blue arrow) ring forms.
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