The first human case of babesiosis mimicking Reiter's syndrome
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11130%2F20%3A10417601" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11130/20:10417601 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00064203:_____/20:10417601
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=ZE8Lm_G2nl" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=ZE8Lm_G2nl</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14411/fp.2020.031" target="_blank" >10.14411/fp.2020.031</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The first human case of babesiosis mimicking Reiter's syndrome
Original language description
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that may exhibit a broad range of clinical manifestations. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Babesia species belong to the most common transfusion-transmitted pathogens (FDA, May 2019), but the awareness of the disease caused by these parasitic protists is still low. In immunocompromised patients, the clinical course of babesiosis may be of extreme severity and may require hospital admission. We demonstrate a case of a young male who experienced severe polytrauma requiring repetitive blood transfusions. Six months later, the patient developed a classic triad of arthritis, conjunctivitis and non-specific urethritis. These symptoms largely mimicked Reiter's syndrome. The patient was later extensively examined by an immunologist, rheumatologist, urologist, and ophthalmologist with no additional medical findings. In the search for the cause of his symptoms, a wide laboratory testing for multiple human pathogens was performed and revealed a babesiosis infection. This was the first case of human babesiosis mimicking Reiter's syndrome. Following proper antimicrobial therapy, the patient fully recovered in four weeks. We aim to highlight that a search for Babesia species should be considered in patients with non-specific symptomatology and a history of blood transfusion or a possible tick exposure in pertinent endemic areas.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30102 - Immunology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Folia Parasitologica
ISSN
0015-5683
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
67
Issue of the periodical within the volume
October
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
031
UT code for WoS article
000595081200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85096030329