Symptomatic co-infection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in patient after international exposure; a challenging case in Poland

Joanna Jabłońska; Hanna Żarnowska-Prymek; Joanna Stańczak; Joanna Kozłowska; Alicja Wiercińska-Drapało

doi:10.5604/12321966.1203914

Symptomatic co-infection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in patient after international exposure; a challenging case in Poland

Ann Agric Environ Med. 2016 Jun 2;23(2):387-9. doi: 10.5604/12321966.1203914.

Authors

Joanna Jabłońska¹, Hanna Żarnowska-Prymek¹, Joanna Stańczak², Joanna Kozłowska¹, Alicja Wiercińska-Drapało¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and Hepatology, Warsaw Medical University, Poland.
² Department of Tropical Parazytology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.

PMID: 27294655
DOI: 10.5604/12321966.1203914

Abstract

The report presents a well-documented case of symptomatic co-infection of Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in a Polish immunocompetent patient after travelling to Canada and the USA.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Babesia microti / isolation & purification*
Babesiosis / diagnosis*
Babesiosis / drug therapy
Babesiosis / microbiology
Babesiosis / parasitology
Borrelia burgdorferi / isolation & purification*
Canada
Coinfection / diagnosis*
Coinfection / drug therapy
Coinfection / microbiology
Coinfection / parasitology
Female
Humans
Lyme Disease / diagnosis*
Lyme Disease / drug therapy
Lyme Disease / microbiology
Lyme Disease / parasitology
Middle Aged
Poland
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Travel
Treatment Outcome
United States

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents