Use of the quantitative buffy coat system for detection of parasitemia in patients with babesiosis

Quantitative Buffy Coat analysis and blood smears were performed on a total of 47 blood samples. The technique showed 100% correlation with the blood smears in 9 samples containing babesia and 10 samples containing malaria, with some differential features distinguishing the two infections. Quantitat...

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Published inJournal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 31; no. 10; pp. 2816 - 2818
Main Authors Mattia, A.R, Waldron, M.A, Sierra, L.S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.10.1993
Subjects
Animals
BABESIA
Babesia - isolation & purification
Babesia microti
Babesiosis - diagnosis
Babesiosis - parasitology
Biological and medical sciences
DIAGNOSTIC
DIAGNOSTICO
Humans
Infectious diseases
Malaria - parasitology
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Parasitic diseases
Plasmodium malariae - isolation & purification
Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
Performance evaluation
Human
Protozoa
Protozoal disease
Parasitosis
Blood
Infection
Technique
Detection
Parasitemia
Sporozoa
Comparative study
Babesia
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Summary:Quantitative Buffy Coat analysis and blood smears were performed on a total of 47 blood samples. The technique showed 100% correlation with the blood smears in 9 samples containing babesia and 10 samples containing malaria, with some differential features distinguishing the two infections. Quantitative Buffy Coat analysis provides a simple and rapid method for the detection of parasitemia in cases of babesiosis
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ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/jcm.31.10.2816-2818.1993