Fatal transfusion-transmitted Babesia microti in the Midwest

Transfusion. 2009 Jan;49(1):8. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01883.x. Epub 2008 Aug 6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antimalarials / administration & dosage
  • Babesia microti*
  • Babesiosis / complications
  • Babesiosis / drug therapy
  • Babesiosis / pathology*
  • Babesiosis / transmission*
  • Clindamycin / administration & dosage
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Midwestern United States
  • Quinidine / administration & dosage
  • Quinine / administration & dosage
  • Shock, Septic / etiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antimalarials
  • Clindamycin
  • Quinine
  • Quinidine