Narurkar Roshni, Mamorska-Dyga Aleksandra, Agarwal Anup, Nelson John C, Liu Delong
Department of Medicine, New York Medical College and Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Stem Cell Investig. 2017 Jan 17;4:1. doi: 10.21037/sci.2017.01.02. eCollection 2017.
Thrombocytopenia is a common feature of babesiosis. The mechanism for thrombocytopenia in babesiosis remains elusive. We report a case of babesiosis with severe new onset immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). In addition to antibiotics treatment for babesiosis, ITP therapy was administered. ITP in the present case was most likely triggered by the babesia infection. The severity of ITP in this case was not proportional to the severity of parasitemia. The neoantigen triggering the autoimmune response in babesiosis requires further characterization.
血小板减少是巴贝斯虫病的常见特征。巴贝斯虫病中血小板减少的机制仍不清楚。我们报告一例新发严重免疫性血小板减少症(ITP)合并巴贝斯虫病的病例。除了针对巴贝斯虫病的抗生素治疗外,还给予了ITP治疗。本例ITP很可能是由巴贝斯虫感染引发的。该病例中ITP的严重程度与寄生虫血症的严重程度不成比例。巴贝斯虫病中引发自身免疫反应的新抗原需要进一步鉴定。