Misdiagnosis of Babesiosis as Malaria, Equatorial Guinea, 2014

We report a case of babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti, in a missionary who worked in Equatorial Guinea but also visited rural Spain. The initial diagnosis, based on clinical features and microscopy, was malaria. The patient's recovery was delayed until she received appropriate treatment for...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2018-08, Vol.24 (8), p.1588-1589
Hauptverfasser:	Arsuaga, Marta, González, Luis Miguel, Padial, Enrique Salvador, Dinkessa, Arigecho Woubshet, Sevilla, Elena, Trigo, Elena, Puente, Sabino, Gray, Jeremy, Montero, Estrella
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antiprotozoal Agents - therapeutic use Artemisinins - pharmacology Atovaquone - therapeutic use Azithromycin - therapeutic use Babesia microti Babesia microti - drug effects Babesia microti - growth & development Babesia microti - pathogenicity Babesiosis Babesiosis - diagnosis Babesiosis - drug therapy Babesiosis - parasitology Babesiosis Misdiagnosed as Malaria, Equatorial Guinea, 2014 Care and treatment Case studies Diagnosis Diagnostic Errors Drug Combinations Equatorial Guinea Female human babesiosis Humans malaria Malaria - diagnosis Malaria - drug therapy Malaria - parasitology parasites Primaquine - pharmacology Proguanil - therapeutic use Research Letter Spain Travel vector-borne infections
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a case of babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti, in a missionary who worked in Equatorial Guinea but also visited rural Spain. The initial diagnosis, based on clinical features and microscopy, was malaria. The patient's recovery was delayed until she received appropriate treatment for babesiosis.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2408.180180