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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2018.56.6.609

Two Imported Cases of Babesiosis with Complication or Co-Infection with Lyme Disease in Republic of Korea  

Kwon, Hea Yoon (Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine)
Im, Jae Hyoung (Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine)
Park, Yun-Kyu (Department of Emergency Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine)
Durey, Areum (Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Inha University School of Medicine)
Lee, Jin-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine)
Baek, Ji Hyeon (Department of Internal Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.56, no.6, 2018 , pp. 609-613 More about this Journal
Abstract
Babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti and B. divergens, is transmitted by Ixodid ticks. Symptoms of babesiosis vary from a mild flu-like illness to acute, severe, and sometimes fatal and fulminant disease. In Korea, 7 imported babesiosis cases and 1 endemic case have been reported. We report 2 cases of severe babesiosis initially mistaken as malaria. The first patient was complicated by shock and splenic infarction, the other co-infected with Lyme disease. As the population traveling abroad increases every year, physicians should be aware of babesiosis which mimics malaria, co-infection with other diseases, and its complications.
Keywords
Babesia microti; babesiosis; splenic infarction; co-infection; Lyme disease;
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