2018
A Cluster of Cases of Babesia microti Among Neonates Traced to a Single Unit of Donor Blood
Glanternik JR, Baine IL, Rychalsky MR, Tormey CA, Shapiro ED, Baltimore RS. A Cluster of Cases of Babesia microti Among Neonates Traced to a Single Unit of Donor Blood. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2018, 37: 269-271. PMID: 28945680, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitHigh-grade parasitemiaTransfusion-transmitted babesiosisIntensive care unitCluster of casesBlood transfusionPremature infantsCare unitExchange transfusionDonor bloodInfantsBabesia microtiTransfusionBabesiosisNeonatesParasitemiaAzithromycinCliniciansAtovaquoneSingle unitBlood
2016
Clinically significant anti‐KEL RBC alloantibodies are transferred by breast milk in a murine model
Santhanakrishnan M, Tormey CA, Natarajan P, Liu J, Hendrickson JE. Clinically significant anti‐KEL RBC alloantibodies are transferred by breast milk in a murine model. Vox Sanguinis 2016, 111: 79-87. PMID: 26950259, PMCID: PMC4938760, DOI: 10.1111/vox.12387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast milkRBC alloantibodiesIgA antibodiesMurine modelHuman KEL glycoproteinSeries of pregnanciesBreast milk transferHuman breast milkWild-type pupsKEL RBCsNursing infantsClinical significanceAlloantibodiesNursing pupsMurine dataTransfusion experimentsMilk transferInfantsPupsTransfusionHuman dataSequelaePregnancyAnemiaPremature clearance