Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens–Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA

We report an asplenic patient who was infected with Babesia divergens–like/MO-1. The clinical course was complicated by multiorgan failure that required intubation and dialysis. The patient recovered after an exchange transfusion and antimicrobial drug therapy. Physicians should be alert for additio...

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Autores principales: Herc, Erica, Pritt, Bobbi, Huizenga, Taylor, Douce, Richard, Hysell, Matthew, Newton, Duane, Sidge, Jennifer, Losman, Eve, Sherbeck, John, Kaul, Daniel R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016254
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180309
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author Herc, Erica
Pritt, Bobbi
Huizenga, Taylor
Douce, Richard
Hysell, Matthew
Newton, Duane
Sidge, Jennifer
Losman, Eve
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Kaul, Daniel R.
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Huizenga, Taylor
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Hysell, Matthew
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description We report an asplenic patient who was infected with Babesia divergens–like/MO-1. The clinical course was complicated by multiorgan failure that required intubation and dialysis. The patient recovered after an exchange transfusion and antimicrobial drug therapy. Physicians should be alert for additional cases, particularly in asplenic persons.
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spelling pubmed-60561272018-08-01 Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens–Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA Herc, Erica Pritt, Bobbi Huizenga, Taylor Douce, Richard Hysell, Matthew Newton, Duane Sidge, Jennifer Losman, Eve Sherbeck, John Kaul, Daniel R. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report an asplenic patient who was infected with Babesia divergens–like/MO-1. The clinical course was complicated by multiorgan failure that required intubation and dialysis. The patient recovered after an exchange transfusion and antimicrobial drug therapy. Physicians should be alert for additional cases, particularly in asplenic persons. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6056127/ /pubmed/30016254 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180309 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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Kaul, Daniel R.
Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens–Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA
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title_full Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens–Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA
title_fullStr Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens–Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA
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title_short Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens–Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA
title_sort probable locally acquired babesia divergens–like infection in woman, michigan, usa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056127/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180309
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