Fatal Babesiosis in Man, Finland, 2004

We report an unusual case of human babesiosis in Finland in a 53-year-old man with no history of splenectomy. He had a rudimentary spleen, coexisting Lyme borreliosis, exceptional dark streaks on his extremities, and subsequent disseminated aspergillosis. He was infected with Babesia divergens, whic...

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Autores principales: Haapasalo, Karita, Suomalainen, Pekka, Sukura, Antti, Siikamäki, Heli, Jokiranta, T. Sakari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20587183
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.091905
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Sumario:We report an unusual case of human babesiosis in Finland in a 53-year-old man with no history of splenectomy. He had a rudimentary spleen, coexisting Lyme borreliosis, exceptional dark streaks on his extremities, and subsequent disseminated aspergillosis. He was infected with Babesia divergens, which usually causes bovine babesiosis in Finland.

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