| Literature DB >> 28329282 |
Mary J Burgess1, Eric R Rosenbaum2, Bobbi S Pritt3, Dirk T Haselow4, Katie M Ferren1, Bashar N Alzghoul5, Juan Carlos Rico1, Lynne M Sloan3, Poornima Ramanan3, Raghunandan Purushothaman5, Robert W Bradsher1.
Abstract
A patient with asplenia and multiple red blood cell transfusions acquired babesiosis infection with Babesia divergens-like/MO-1 organisms and not Babesia microti, the common United States species. He had no known tick exposure. This is believed to be the first transfusion-transmitted case and the fifth documented case of B. divergens-like/MO-1 infection.Entities:
Keywords: Babesia divergens–like; babesiosis; transfusion-transmitted infection.
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28329282 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix216
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079