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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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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author Haapasalo, Karita
Suomalainen, Pekka
Sukura, Antti
Siikamäki, Heli
Jokiranta, T. Sakari
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33219112012-04-24 Fatal Babesiosis in Man, Finland, 2004 Haapasalo, Karita Suomalainen, Pekka Sukura, Antti Siikamäki, Heli Jokiranta, T. Sakari Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3321911/ /pubmed/20587183 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1607.091905 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_short Fatal Babesiosis in Man, Finland, 2004
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321911/
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