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A patient well known to your practice presents to the office after returning home from a vacation on an island off Massachusetts with a new girlfriend. He complains of fever, fatigue, and arthralgias. After obtaining a detailed history and performing a thorough physical exam, you draw blood work to confirm your diagnosis. The lab calls you and reports finding a ‘Maltese cross’ in your patient's red cells. Of what is this pattern diagnostic?
A. Babesia microti
B. Borrelia bergdorferi
C. Chlamydia trachomatis
D. Erhrlichia chaffiensis
E. Treponema pallidum
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| usmleasr
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A.babesia microti
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