Babesiosis as a Cause of Fever in Patients Undergoing a Splenectomy

Babesiosis is an emerging infection most commonly acquired from a tick bite. We describe three hospitalized patients with fever attributable to babesiosis after a splenectomy. Splenectomy was done because of splenic enlargement due to unsuspected babesia infection in one patient and because of splen...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American surgeon 2011-03, Vol.77 (3), p.345-347
Hauptverfasser: WORMSER, Gary P, LOMBARDO, Gary, SILVERBLATT, Fredric, EL KHOURY, Marc Y, PRASAD, Aakanksha, YELON, Jay A, SANDA, Alina, KARIM, Sadiqa, OKU, Lindita C, SAVINO, John A
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Zusammenfassung:Babesiosis is an emerging infection most commonly acquired from a tick bite. We describe three hospitalized patients with fever attributable to babesiosis after a splenectomy. Splenectomy was done because of splenic enlargement due to unsuspected babesia infection in one patient and because of splenic perforation due to babesiosis in a second patient. The third patient underwent splenectomy for trauma and acquired babesiosis postoperatively from a blood transfusion. Our cases demonstrate the need to be vigilant for babesiosis in patients undergoing splenectomy.
ISSN:0003-1348
1555-9823
DOI:10.1177/000313481107700326