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A Case Report of Transfusion-Induced Babesiosis
Leonard C. Marcus, VMD, MD;
Jon M. Valigorsky, MD;
W. Lee Fanning, MD;
Thomas Joseph, MD;
Benjamin Glick, MD
JAMA. 1982;248(4):465-467.
Abstract
An elderly woman contracted transfusion-induced babesiosis, accompanied by disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. Her parasitemia cleared after treatment with several antibiotic and antimalarial drugs, but she died of cardiopulmonary failure. One of the transfusion donors had a high indirect fluorescent antibody titer against Babesia microti but was asymptomatic; his parasitemia was detected only by hamster inoculation, illustrating the difficulty in detecting the carrier state.
(JAMA 1982;248:465-467)
Author Affiliations
From the State Laboratory Institute, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain (Dr Marcus); the Berkshire Medical Center (Dr Valigorsky) and the Hillcrest Hospital (Drs Fanning and Joseph), Pittsfield, Mass; and the North Adams (Mass) Regional Hospital (Dr Glick). Dr Fanning is now with the North Phoenix (Ariz) Medical Specialists.
Footnotes
Reprint requests to State Laboratory Institute, 305 South St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (Dr Marcus).
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