Title |
Case Report: Successful non-operative management of spontaneous splenic rupture in a patient with babesiosis
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Published in |
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, January 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1749-7922-6-4 |
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Authors |
William D Tobler, Deborah Cotton, Timothy Lepore, Suresh Agarwal, Eric J Mahoney |
Abstract |
Babesiosis is a zoonotic disease transmitted by the Ixodes tick species. Infection often results in sub-clinical manifestations; however, patients with this disease can become critically ill. Splenic rupture has been a previously reported complication of babesiosis, but treatment has always led to splenectomy. Asplenia places a patient at greater risk for overwhelming post-splenectomy infection from encapsulated bacteria, Lyme disease, Ehrlichia as well as Babesia microti. Therefore, avoiding splenectomy in these patients must be considered by the physician; particularly, if the patient is at risk for re-infection by living in an endemic area. |
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