"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."
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