A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion

Babesiosis, caused predominantly by Babesia microti, is an emerging health risk in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. We present a case of a pregnant woman with history of splenectomy diagnosed with babesiosis at 23 5/7 weeks of gestational age refractory to antimicrobial therapy. She un...

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Autores principales: Abittan, Baruch, Nizam, Aaron, Oey, Michael, Callan, Felicia, Simmonds, Lisa, Pachtman, Sarah L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9869323

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31275683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9869323

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