Hemolytic anemia accelerated by Babesia spp. infection in splenectomized patient

B Danilchuk, SJ Leclair - American Society for Clinical …, 2012 - clsjournal.ascls.org
A 50-year-old patient presented with severe fatigue, fevers, unexplained weight loss, and
night sweats of two-week duration. Within two days, an episode of intravascular hemolysis …

[HTML][HTML] Hematologic manifestations of babesiosis

T Akel, N Mobarakai - Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 2017 - Springer
Background Babesiosis, a zoonotic parasitic infection transmitted by the Ixodes tick, has
become an emerging health problem in humans that is attracting attention worldwide. Most …

[HTML][HTML] Autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with human babesiosis

P Rajapakse, K Bakirhan - Journal of Hematology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Babesiosis is characterized by non-autoimmune hemolytic anemia as a result of invasion of
red blood cells by intraerythrocytic protozoans. Upon evaluation of patients who have …

[HTML][HTML] Babesia in a Nonsplenectomized Patient Requiring Exchange Transfusion

D Sharma, B Mudduluru, E Moussaly… - Case Reports in …, 2015 - hindawi.com
Babesiosis is a tick born zoonosis caused by red blood cell parasites of the genus Babesia.
It is caused predominantly by B. microti and B. divergens, microti being more common in the …

Severe babesiosis with associated splenic infarcts and asplenia

ZA Sporn, AZ Fenves, DB Sykes… - Baylor University …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We describe two patients who presented with severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia in the
setting of babesiosis. Notably, one patient was immunocompetent but was found to have …

Babesiosis: two atypical cases from Minnesota and a review

S Setty, Z Khalil, P Schori, M Azar… - American journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We present 2 atypical cases of babesiosis and a review of babesiosis. The first patient was a
72-year-old man with an intact spleen, who had marked intravascular hemolysis. His RBCs …

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

A Goodman, M Bilal, S Amarnath, T Gentile… - Clinical Case …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The unusual case of babesiosis causing disseminated intravascular coagulation with
hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis - Goodman - 2021 - Clinical Case Reports - Wiley Online …

[PDF][PDF] Imported babesiosis caused by Babesia microti—A case report

LM González - academia.edu
In the USA, babesiosis is usually caused by the protozoan Babesia microti, an obligate
intracellular parasite that infects erythrocytes. By contrast, B. microti has occasionally been …

Splenic Infarction, a Rare Complication of Severe Babesiosis

B ElBebawy, A Nawaz, PX Escaler - C51. CRITICAL CARE CASE …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Introduction: Babesiosis is a tick-borne illness caused predominantly by Babesia microti
which is endemic in the northeastern United States. Presentations can range from …

[PDF][PDF] Severe babesiosis masquerading as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: a case report

D Chang, M Hossain, MA Hossain - Cureus, 2019 - cureus.com
Babesiosis is an infectious disease caused by protozoa of the genus Babesia. Its incidence
has been increasing in the Northeast and upper Midwest regions of the United States in …