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1 Tick Talk: Unusually Severe Case of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—Case Report and Review of the Literature  Mary schaefer Badger, DO, FACOI  Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages (December 2008) DOI: /07-WEME-CR-140.1 Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Peripheral smear done on admission to hospital revealing heavy spirochete load. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /07-WEME-CR-140.1) Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Bone marrow biopsy obtained prior to hospital admission, demonstrating multiple spirochetes shown by arrow. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /07-WEME-CR-140.1) Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Chest radiograph with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, done after intubation. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine  , DOI: ( /07-WEME-CR-140.1) Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions


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