Babesiosis in Immunocompetent Patients, Europe

We report 2 cases of babesiosis in immunocompetent patients in France. A severe influenza-like disease developed in both patients 2 weeks after they had been bitten by ticks. Diagnosis was obtained from blood smears, and Babesia divergens was identified by PCR in 1 case. Babesiosis in Europe occurs...

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Autores principales: Martinot, Martin, Zadeh, Mahsa Mohseni, Hansmann, Yves, Grawey, Isabelle, Christmann, Daniel, Aguillon, Sarah, Jouglin, Maggy, Chauvin, Alain, De Briel, Dominique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3204631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21192869
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1701.100737
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Sumario:We report 2 cases of babesiosis in immunocompetent patients in France. A severe influenza-like disease developed in both patients 2 weeks after they had been bitten by ticks. Diagnosis was obtained from blood smears, and Babesia divergens was identified by PCR in 1 case. Babesiosis in Europe occurs in healthy patients, not only in splenectomized patients.

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