Babesiosis: A Retrospective Review of 38 Cases in the Upper Midwest

Babesiosis is an emerging health risk, and clinicians need to be aware of its different clinical manifestations. In our cohort of 38 patients, almost half did not recall a tick bite, and diagnosis was delayed due to the nonspecific nature of symptoms. Sixty-eight percent of patients required hospita...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Fida, Madiha, Challener, Douglas, Hamdi, Ahmed, O’horo, John, Abu Saleh, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6667709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31363764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz311
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Sumario:Babesiosis is an emerging health risk, and clinicians need to be aware of its different clinical manifestations. In our cohort of 38 patients, almost half did not recall a tick bite, and diagnosis was delayed due to the nonspecific nature of symptoms. Sixty-eight percent of patients required hospitalization, with 21% requiring intensive care unit stay. Coinfection with Lyme, anaplasma, or both Lyme and anaplasma was seen in 24%, 5%, and 8% of the patients, respectively. None of the patients in our cohort died from their disease.

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