• Bmc Infect Dis · Feb 2013

    Case Reports

    Babesia microti: an unusual travel-related disease.

    • Elodie Poisnel, Mikael Ebbo, Yael Berda-Haddad, Benoit Faucher, Emmanuelle Bernit, Bernard Carcy, Renaud Piarroux, Jean-Robert Harlé, and Nicolas Schleinitz.
    • Service de médecine interne, AP-HM, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille cedex 5, 13385, France.
    • Bmc Infect Dis. 2013 Feb 22; 13: 99.

    BackgroundHuman babesiosis is a rare tick-borne infectious disease. The clinical presentation ranges from an asymptomatic form to a life threatening infection with severe hemolysis. Human babesiosis due to Babesia microti is the most common and is endemic in North America.Case PresentationWe report a European patient with severe pancytopenia and reactive hemophagocytosis related to a Babesia microti infection. Babesia infection was acquired during a travel in the USA.ConclusionBabesiosis should be considered in patients who traveled in endemic areas, especially North America for the most common agent Babesia microti.

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