Rabah Hussein, Chukkalore Divya, El-Charabaty Elie, Mobarakai Neville
Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Medicine, New York, USA.
IDCases. 2021 Dec 18;27:e01368. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01368. eCollection 2022.
Immunological phenomena have been described in infections such as infective endocarditis. However, none has been reported in the context of Babesiosis. Babesiosis is a tick-borne illness caused by the protozoa of the genus Babesia and causes infections that range from asymptomatic to severe and sometimes are fatal. This report presents the first case of ANCA/ANA positive severe babesiosis in an asplenic patient treated with repeated red blood cell exchange transfusion.
免疫现象已在诸如感染性心内膜炎等感染中有所描述。然而，在巴贝斯虫病的背景下尚未有相关报道。巴贝斯虫病是一种由巴贝斯属原生动物引起的蜱传疾病，可导致从无症状到严重甚至有时致命的感染。本报告介绍了首例在无脾患者中出现的抗中性粒细胞胞浆抗体/抗核抗体阳性的严重巴贝斯虫病，该患者接受了反复的红细胞置换输血治疗。
