"Thin and thick blood smears, serologic samples, and polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) assays were sent for suspected endemic tickborne illnesses, including Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, and ehrlichiosis."

This New England Journal of Medicine article describes how a patient's potentially life threatening Diabetic ketoacidosis was resolved following treatment for tick-borne diseases.

"Thin and thick blood smears, serologic samples, and polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) assays were sent for suspected endemic tickborne illnesses, including Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, and ehrlichiosis."

"The patient's response to treatment involved a rise in all cell counts and resolution of diabetic ketoacidosis."

Read the entire article here:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1214469