- Babesia microti is the cause of babesiosis in northeastern United States
- intraerythrocytic Babesia destroy the red blood cells causing hemolytic anemia and hemoglobinuria
- mild illness presents with malaise, fatigue, weakness, fever, chills, sweat, headache, myalgia, anorexia, dry cough, arthralgia and nausea
- post-splenectomy, HIV, malignancy and immunosuppression are at risk of severe illness
- symptoms are greater with higher percentage of parasitism
- diagnosed by microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained thin blood smears - round or pear-shaped organism
- asymptomatic need not be treated
- mild illness: oral atovaquone + azithromycin for 7 - 10 days
- severe illness: IV clindamycin + oral quinine for 7 - 10 days
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Babesiosis infecting red blood cells that caused by malarial parasite. There may be have chance to get babesiosis disease from contaminated blood transformation.
Symptoms:
Vomiting
Sweats
Nausea
Body pain
Treatment:
It’s treated with an anti-parasite drug and erythromycin-type drug.
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