Grace Cortezzo

2026

• Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion for Severe Babesiosis

  Investigators S, Leaf D, Monson A, Dias J, Marcos L, Wu U, Rossi M, Ng J, Patell R, Hundert J, Khoury M, Higgs J, Smith R, Ramsaroop V, Green A, Azim A, Weisenberg S, Kirkman L, Ingram D, Hsu C, Dieckhaus K, Hyson P, Burger Z, Chengsupanimit T, Stalmack T, Aber R, Golden M, Koshy M, Wright K, Cortezzo G, McLeod G, Wenzel-Rideout R, Baigorri J, Bagchi A, Jaser A, Matos G, Sanchez-Almanzar D, Hoge S, Shenoy T, Krishnamurthy S, Kaunfer S, Blau J, Woolley A, Zamor R, Maczaj B, Kenison D, Totten A, Bateman V, Mohsin S, Lee E, Garner J, Rath P, Wu Q, Guermazi D, London A, Arvanitis P, Yune P, Abdullah M, Kim A, Roy J, George R, Kashfi S, Hong S, Upadrista P, Hirsch J, Bulteel A, Sharma R, Guo T, Garcia D, Shaefi S, Yeb J, Williams G, Verma E, Gouda N, Rosenthal H, Chan A, Zainah H, Heithaus S, Saldivar M, Wood E, DiPalazzo J, Elias S, McAuliffe M, Abbas R, Orenstein A, Tidswell M, Galiano P, Spencer S, Srinivasan S, Xu J, Alla S, Alidoost L, Jacobson E, Menghani S, Kannabran P, Ogunribido D, Ssentongo P, Powell D, Meyer L, Prabhune K, Griffiths B, Aponte D, Dixon G, Vannier E, Roberts S, Farmakiotis D, Krause P. Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion for Severe Babesiosis. JAMA Internal Medicine 2026, 186: 597-607. PMID: 41910966, PMCID: PMC13036636, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.0244.

  Peer-Reviewed Original Research

  This study investigates red blood cell exchange transfusion for severe babesiosis, showing it significantly reduces death or readmission risks compared to standard treatments.

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