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