Identifier |
wh_ch54_p2975_2 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Clinical Manifestations |
Creator |
Wayne T. Cornblath, MD |
Affiliation |
Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan |
Subject |
Infectious Diseases; Protozoa; Protozoal Diseases; Clinical Manifestations; Babesia Species; Babesiosis |
Description |
The clinical manifestations of babesiosis differ markedly between European and North American cases. Cases reported in Europe generally occur in splenectomized patients and present as a fulminant, febrile, hemolytic, and often fatal disease that initially may be mistaken for malaria. In contrast, most infections with Babesia species in the United States occur in otherwise healthy persons and produce either subclinical infection or a mild illness characterized by fever, hemolysis, and hemoglobinuria. Severe cases in the United States usually occur either in asplenic patients or in patients who are immunocompromised by age, drugs, or disease such as AIDS, but even severe cases are rarely fatal, as they are in Europe. In patients with Lyme disease and simultaneous babesiosis that is not fatal, the illness tends to be both more prolonged and more severe than with babesiosis alone. Most patients who develop babesiosis are adults, but children may also be infected. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s63r427h |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
185650 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63r427h |