A cluster of transfusion-associated babesiosis in extremely low birthweight premature infants
| Autor: | P Kumar, W C Koch, G deBlois, B C Marshall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Blood transfusion biology business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Infant Newborn Infant Transfusion Reaction Obstetrics and Gynecology Babesiosis Infant Premature Diseases Tick Disease cluster biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Parasitic infection Infant Extremely Low Birth Weight Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Humans Medicine Female business Infant Premature |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Perinatology. 32:731-733 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5543 0743-8346 |
| Popis: | Babesiosis is a parasitic infection of the red blood cells most often acquired by a tick bite. As it has also been known to be transmitted vertically and via transfusion, neonates have occasionally been reported with the infection. Here, we report a series of three premature neonates who acquired babesiosis via blood transfusion from a single donor, one of whom had difficulty clearing the infection and required multiple antimicrobials. |
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