Babesia Infection in the Southwest of China, A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Babesiosis is caused by apicomplexa parasites of the genus Babesia. Humans are commonly infected by Babesia through tick bites. There is limited information available about Babesia infection of humans in China. The aim of this study was to isolate the pathogen from a patient with sever...

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Autores principales: Wang, Huixuan, Huang, Fen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4332240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25774278
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/jjm.13504
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description INTRODUCTION: Babesiosis is caused by apicomplexa parasites of the genus Babesia. Humans are commonly infected by Babesia through tick bites. There is limited information available about Babesia infection of humans in China. The aim of this study was to isolate the pathogen from a patient with severe parasitemia. CASE PRESENTATION: Blood samples were observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA), and red blood cells of bone marrow and blood smears were examined by a microscope. The patient was infected by Babesia and cured after a combined treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Babesia infection was detected in an individual from China.
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spelling pubmed-43322402015-03-13 Babesia Infection in the Southwest of China, A Case Report Wang, Huixuan Huang, Fen Jundishapur J Microbiol Case Report INTRODUCTION: Babesiosis is caused by apicomplexa parasites of the genus Babesia. Humans are commonly infected by Babesia through tick bites. There is limited information available about Babesia infection of humans in China. The aim of this study was to isolate the pathogen from a patient with severe parasitemia. CASE PRESENTATION: Blood samples were observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA), and red blood cells of bone marrow and blood smears were examined by a microscope. The patient was infected by Babesia and cured after a combined treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Babesia infection was detected in an individual from China. Kowsar 2014-11-01 2014-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4332240/ /pubmed/25774278 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/jjm.13504 Text en Copyright © 2014, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences; Published by Kowsar. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4332240/
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