El-Bahnasawy Mamdouh M, Morsy Tosson A
Military Medical Academy, Cairo, Egypt.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2008 Apr;38(1):265-72.
Babesiosis is tick-borne malaria-like disease. Man is an opportuneistic host for Babesia species. This paper presented the second Egyptian human babesiosis. The signs and symptoms, CBC, liver functions and kidney functions tests and all other serologic tests did not give any definite diagnosis. Also, he was sero-negative for malaria infection. The patient was critically diagnosed by the demonstration of the typical ring forms of Babesia species in stained blood smears. He was successfully treated with Quinine and Clindamycin, and was discharged from the hospital after the clinical and parasitological improvement. The epidemiology of zoonotic babesiosis was discussed.
巴贝斯虫病是一种由蜱传播的类似疟疾的疾病。人类是巴贝斯虫属的偶然宿主。本文报道了第二例埃及人巴贝斯虫病。其体征和症状、全血细胞计数、肝功能和肾功能检查以及所有其他血清学检查均未给出明确诊断。此外，他的疟疾感染血清学检测呈阴性。通过在染色血涂片中发现典型的巴贝斯虫属环形体，该患者得到了明确诊断。他接受了奎宁和克林霉素的成功治疗，并在临床和寄生虫学状况改善后出院。文中还讨论了人兽共患巴贝斯虫病的流行病学。
