Mental Status Changes in Severe Babesiosis
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by an intraerythrocyte protozoon. We present a unique case of a patient who was infected with babesiosis and subsequently developed severely altered mental status, which dramatically improved after erythrocyte exchange transfusion. This case illustrates that...
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American College of Physicians
2023-05-01
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| author | Matthew J. Navarro Frederic Karim Rakan Al-Ghanamah Steven B. Maron |
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| description | Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by an intraerythrocyte protozoon. We present a unique case of a patient who was infected with babesiosis and subsequently developed severely altered mental status, which dramatically improved after erythrocyte exchange transfusion. This case illustrates that mental status changes can be a diagnostic marker of severe babesiosis and may indicate the need for erythrocyte exchange transfusion. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e075398d74e4443d9ec051b9e2fb32cf2025-08-20T03:18:46ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642023-05-012510.7326/aimcc.2022.1096Mental Status Changes in Severe BabesiosisMatthew J. Navarro0Frederic Karim1Rakan Al-Ghanamah2Steven B. Maron31Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, New York, New York2Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York3Department of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York4Gastointestinal Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New YorkBabesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by an intraerythrocyte protozoon. We present a unique case of a patient who was infected with babesiosis and subsequently developed severely altered mental status, which dramatically improved after erythrocyte exchange transfusion. This case illustrates that mental status changes can be a diagnostic marker of severe babesiosis and may indicate the need for erythrocyte exchange transfusion.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.1096 |
| spellingShingle | Matthew J. Navarro Frederic Karim Rakan Al-Ghanamah Steven B. Maron Mental Status Changes in Severe Babesiosis Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| title | Mental Status Changes in Severe Babesiosis |
| title_full | Mental Status Changes in Severe Babesiosis |
| title_fullStr | Mental Status Changes in Severe Babesiosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental Status Changes in Severe Babesiosis |
| title_short | Mental Status Changes in Severe Babesiosis |
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