TY - JOUR
T1 - Babesiosis
AU - Filbin, Michael R.
AU - Mylonakis, Eleftherios E.
AU - Callegari, Lisa
AU - Legome, Eric
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - A case of human babesiosis is presented. This case emphasizes the need to consider tick-borne disease in anyone who presents with prolonged and undulating fevers, chills, headache, myalgias, and arthralgias. This holds true particularly in areas endemic for tick-borne diseases, even in the absence of a history of tick bite. These symptoms, associated with signs of intravascular hemolysis, thrombocytopenia, and renal insufficiency in a patient who resides in, or with recent travel to, the Northeastern United States, strongly suggest a diagnosis of babesiosis.
AB - A case of human babesiosis is presented. This case emphasizes the need to consider tick-borne disease in anyone who presents with prolonged and undulating fevers, chills, headache, myalgias, and arthralgias. This holds true particularly in areas endemic for tick-borne diseases, even in the absence of a history of tick bite. These symptoms, associated with signs of intravascular hemolysis, thrombocytopenia, and renal insufficiency in a patient who resides in, or with recent travel to, the Northeastern United States, strongly suggest a diagnosis of babesiosis.
KW - Babesiosis
KW - Tick
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U2 - 10.1016/S0736-4679(00)00289-4
DO - 10.1016/S0736-4679(00)00289-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 11165832
AN - SCOPUS:0035144550
SN - 0736-4679
VL - 20
SP - 21
EP - 24
JO - Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - Journal of Emergency Medicine
IS - 1
ER -