Babesiosis and the human immune system

Immunological phenomena have been described in infections such as infective endocarditis. However, none has been reported in the context of Babesiosis. Babesiosis is a tick-borne illness caused by the protozoa of the genus Babesia and causes infections that range from asymptomatic to severe and some...

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Autores principales: Rabah, Hussein, Chukkalore, Divya, El-Charabaty, Elie, Mobarakai, Neville
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8713127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34993053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01368
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author Rabah, Hussein
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description Immunological phenomena have been described in infections such as infective endocarditis. However, none has been reported in the context of Babesiosis. Babesiosis is a tick-borne illness caused by the protozoa of the genus Babesia and causes infections that range from asymptomatic to severe and sometimes are fatal. This report presents the first case of ANCA/ANA positive severe babesiosis in an asplenic patient treated with repeated red blood cell exchange transfusion.
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spelling pubmed-87131272022-01-05 Babesiosis and the human immune system Rabah, Hussein Chukkalore, Divya El-Charabaty, Elie Mobarakai, Neville IDCases Case Report Immunological phenomena have been described in infections such as infective endocarditis. However, none has been reported in the context of Babesiosis. Babesiosis is a tick-borne illness caused by the protozoa of the genus Babesia and causes infections that range from asymptomatic to severe and sometimes are fatal. This report presents the first case of ANCA/ANA positive severe babesiosis in an asplenic patient treated with repeated red blood cell exchange transfusion. Elsevier 2021-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8713127/ /pubmed/34993053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01368 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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