The unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Babesiosis is increasing in the elderly due to an age‐related decline in immunity. Prompt diagnosis with blood smear and PCR prevent life‐threatening complications, like DIC and HLH. Studies focusing on pathophysiology and risk factors are needed.

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Autores principales: Goodman, Alexandra, Bilal, Musa, Amarnath, Shivantha, Gentile, Teresa, Shepherd, Zachary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4744
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author Goodman, Alexandra
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spelling pubmed-84055342021-09-03 The unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Goodman, Alexandra Bilal, Musa Amarnath, Shivantha Gentile, Teresa Shepherd, Zachary Clin Case Rep Case Report Babesiosis is increasing in the elderly due to an age‐related decline in immunity. Prompt diagnosis with blood smear and PCR prevent life‐threatening complications, like DIC and HLH. Studies focusing on pathophysiology and risk factors are needed. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8405534/ /pubmed/34484774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4744 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Goodman, Alexandra
Bilal, Musa
Amarnath, Shivantha
Gentile, Teresa
Shepherd, Zachary
The unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
title The unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
title_full The unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
title_fullStr The unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
title_full_unstemmed The unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
title_short The unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
title_sort unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4744
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