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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Main Authors: Matthew J. Navarro, Frederic Karim, Rakan Al-Ghanamah, Steven B. Maron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2023-05-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.1096
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