A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion

• Main Authors: Baruch Abittan (Author), Aaron Nizam (Author), Michael Oey (Author), Felicia Callan (Author), Lisa Simmonds (Author), Sarah L. Pachtman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...