Babesiosis Presenting as Acute Liver Failure

Babesiosis is a zoonotic, tick-borne infection caused by the protozoan Babesia. It is transmitted by the Ixodes ticks which transmit the infection to humans. Babesia microti, Babesia duncani, Babesia divergens, and Babesia venatorum are species that have been identified as being infectious to humans...

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Autores principales: Nassar, Yousef, Richter, Seth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
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Single Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5803690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29430231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000485373
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description Babesiosis is a zoonotic, tick-borne infection caused by the protozoan Babesia. It is transmitted by the Ixodes ticks which transmit the infection to humans. Babesia microti, Babesia duncani, Babesia divergens, and Babesia venatorum are species that have been identified as being infectious to humans worldwide. The most common species causing infection to humans is B. microti which is endemic to the Northeast and Midwestern United States with most infections occurring between the months of May and October. We report a case of an elderly man with acute liver failure due to an infection with B. microti.
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spelling pubmed-58036902018-02-09 Babesiosis Presenting as Acute Liver Failure Nassar, Yousef Richter, Seth Case Rep Gastroenterol Single Case Babesiosis is a zoonotic, tick-borne infection caused by the protozoan Babesia. It is transmitted by the Ixodes ticks which transmit the infection to humans. Babesia microti, Babesia duncani, Babesia divergens, and Babesia venatorum are species that have been identified as being infectious to humans worldwide. The most common species causing infection to humans is B. microti which is endemic to the Northeast and Midwestern United States with most infections occurring between the months of May and October. We report a case of an elderly man with acute liver failure due to an infection with B. microti. S. Karger AG 2017-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5803690/ /pubmed/29430231 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000485373 Text en Copyright © 2017 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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