Babesiosis as a Cause of Atraumatic Splenic Injury: Two Case Reports and a Review of Literature

We present two cases of Babesia-induced splenic injury at a single institution. In the late summer, two patients presented with left-sided abdominal pain radiating to the shoulder. They were both found to have hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute splenic infarction on imaging. Blood smears...

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Autores principales: Sung, Lily H., Sundaram, Ayesha H., Glick, Andrew L., Chen, Daniel F., Shipton, Linda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Clinical Vignette
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8455114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34549355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07117-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8455114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34549355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07117-5

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