Misdiagnosis of Babesiosis as Malaria, Equatorial Guinea, 2014

We report a case of babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti, in a missionary who worked in Equatorial Guinea but also visited rural Spain. The initial diagnosis, based on clinical features and microscopy, was malaria. The patient’s recovery was delayed until she received appropriate treatment for babe...

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Autores principales: Arsuaga, Marta, González, Luis Miguel, Padial, Enrique Salvador, Dinkessa, Arigecho Woubshet, Sevilla, Elena, Trigo, Elena, Puente, Sabino, Gray, Jeremy, Montero, Estrella
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016247
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180180
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author Arsuaga, Marta
González, Luis Miguel
Padial, Enrique Salvador
Dinkessa, Arigecho Woubshet
Sevilla, Elena
Trigo, Elena
Puente, Sabino
Gray, Jeremy
Montero, Estrella
author_facet Arsuaga, Marta
González, Luis Miguel
Padial, Enrique Salvador
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Sevilla, Elena
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description We report a case of babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti, in a missionary who worked in Equatorial Guinea but also visited rural Spain. The initial diagnosis, based on clinical features and microscopy, was malaria. The patient’s recovery was delayed until she received appropriate treatment for babesiosis.
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spelling pubmed-60560972018-08-01 Misdiagnosis of Babesiosis as Malaria, Equatorial Guinea, 2014 Arsuaga, Marta González, Luis Miguel Padial, Enrique Salvador Dinkessa, Arigecho Woubshet Sevilla, Elena Trigo, Elena Puente, Sabino Gray, Jeremy Montero, Estrella Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report a case of babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti, in a missionary who worked in Equatorial Guinea but also visited rural Spain. The initial diagnosis, based on clinical features and microscopy, was malaria. The patient’s recovery was delayed until she received appropriate treatment for babesiosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6056097/ /pubmed/30016247 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180180 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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Gray, Jeremy
Montero, Estrella
Misdiagnosis of Babesiosis as Malaria, Equatorial Guinea, 2014
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title_short Misdiagnosis of Babesiosis as Malaria, Equatorial Guinea, 2014
title_sort misdiagnosis of babesiosis as malaria, equatorial guinea, 2014
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016247
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180180
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