A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion
Babesiosis, caused predominantly by Babesia microti, is an emerging health risk in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. We present a case of a pregnant woman with history of splenectomy diagnosed with babesiosis at 23 5/7 weeks of gestational age refractory to antimicrobial therapy. She un...
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| author | Baruch Abittan Aaron Nizam Michael Oey Felicia Callan Lisa Simmonds Sarah L. Pachtman |
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| description | Babesiosis, caused predominantly by Babesia microti, is an emerging health risk in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. We present a case of a pregnant woman with history of splenectomy diagnosed with babesiosis at 23 5/7 weeks of gestational age refractory to antimicrobial therapy. She underwent the first reported red blood cell exchange transfusion for babesiosis in pregnancy, at 24 4/7 weeks of gestational age, which resulted in resolution of parasitemia. She had a full term, uncomplicated cesarean delivery. Exchange transfusion is potentially a safe treatment option for severe babesiosis infection in pregnancy and should be considered when other methods are poorly tolerated or ineffective. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61dd6a51d8da492e98eb05e5a94698c32025-02-03T01:01:44ZengWileyCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology2090-66842090-66922019-01-01201910.1155/2019/98693239869323A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange TransfusionBaruch Abittan0Aaron Nizam1Michael Oey2Felicia Callan3Lisa Simmonds4Sarah L. Pachtman5Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USADonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USADonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USADonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Huntington Hospital, Huntington, NY, USADonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USADonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, USABabesiosis, caused predominantly by Babesia microti, is an emerging health risk in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. We present a case of a pregnant woman with history of splenectomy diagnosed with babesiosis at 23 5/7 weeks of gestational age refractory to antimicrobial therapy. She underwent the first reported red blood cell exchange transfusion for babesiosis in pregnancy, at 24 4/7 weeks of gestational age, which resulted in resolution of parasitemia. She had a full term, uncomplicated cesarean delivery. Exchange transfusion is potentially a safe treatment option for severe babesiosis infection in pregnancy and should be considered when other methods are poorly tolerated or ineffective.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9869323 |
| spellingShingle | Baruch Abittan Aaron Nizam Michael Oey Felicia Callan Lisa Simmonds Sarah L. Pachtman A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| title | A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion |
| title_full | A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion |
| title_fullStr | A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion |
| title_short | A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion |
| title_sort | case of babesiosis in a pregnant patient treated with red blood cell exchange transfusion |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9869323 |
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