2019
Repeat exchange transfusion for treatment of severe babesiosis
Radcliffe C, Krause PJ, Grant M. Repeat exchange transfusion for treatment of severe babesiosis. Transfusion And Apheresis Science 2019, 58: 638-640. PMID: 31526674, DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2019.07.010.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsRepeat exchange transfusionExchange transfusionSevere babesiosisHospital day 5Second exchange transfusionBabesia microti infectionHigh feverRheumatoid arthritisMicroti infectionTransfusionDay 5Literature searchDearth of informationParasitemiaInfectionBabesiosisEtanerceptArthritisFeverClindamycinHypoxiaCasesWeeksWomen
2006
Absence of erythrocyte sequestration in a case of babesiosis in a splenectomized human patient
Clark IA, Budd AC, Hsue G, Haymore BR, Joyce AJ, Thorner R, Krause PJ. Absence of erythrocyte sequestration in a case of babesiosis in a splenectomized human patient. Malaria Journal 2006, 5: 69. PMID: 16887045, PMCID: PMC1552079, DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-69.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-organ failureParasitized erythrocytesSevere multi-organ failureBabesia microti infectionChronic lymphocytic leukemiaCases of babesiosisFalciparum malariaSplenectomized patientsSimilar pathogenesisVascular occlusionMicroti infectionErythrocyte sequestrationLymphocytic leukemiaProtozoal infectionsVascular locationColon cancerHuman patientsResultsNo evidenceVascular lumenHuman casesB. microtiTissue sectionsPatientsPathogenesisInfection