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Case Reports
. 2018 Aug;24(8):1558-1560.
doi: 10.3201/eid2408.180309.

Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens-Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA

Erica Herc, Bobbi Pritt, Taylor Huizenga, Richard Douce, Matthew Hysell, Duane Newton, Jennifer Sidge, Eve Losman, John Sherbeck, Daniel R Kaul
Case Reports

Probable Locally Acquired Babesia divergens-Like Infection in Woman, Michigan, USA

Erica Herc et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Aug.

Abstract

We report an asplenic patient who was infected with Babesia divergens-like/MO-1. The clinical course was complicated by multiorgan failure that required intubation and dialysis. The patient recovered after an exchange transfusion and antimicrobial drug therapy. Physicians should be alert for additional cases, particularly in asplenic persons.

Keywords: B. divergens–like/MO-1; Babesia divergens; Michigan; United States; asplenic patient; babesiosis; emerging infection; erythrocyte exchange transfusion; parasitemia; parasites; protozoa; tickborne disease; ticks; vector-borne infections.

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Peripheral blood films for a 60-year-old woman with probable locally acquired Babesia divergens–like infection, Michigan, USA. A) Before erythrocyte exchange transfusion. Parasitemia was 25%–30%. B) After erythrocyte exchange transfusion. Parasitemia was 3.5%. Original magnification ×1,000.
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