Babesiosis

J Emerg Med. 2001 Jan;20(1):21-4. doi: 10.1016/s0736-4679(00)00289-4.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Babesiosis* / diagnosis
  • Babesiosis* / drug therapy
  • Babesiosis* / parasitology
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Massachusetts
  • Middle Aged
  • New England
  • Quinine / therapeutic use
  • Seasons

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antimalarials
  • Clindamycin
  • Quinine