Symptomatic co-infection with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in patient after international exposure; a challenging case in Poland

Ann Agric Environ Med. 2016 Jun 2;23(2):387-9. doi: 10.5604/12321966.1203914.

Abstract

The report presents a well-documented case of symptomatic co-infection of Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in a Polish immunocompetent patient after travelling to Canada and the USA.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Babesia microti / isolation & purification*
  • Babesiosis / diagnosis*
  • Babesiosis / drug therapy
  • Babesiosis / microbiology
  • Babesiosis / parasitology
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / isolation & purification*
  • Canada
  • Coinfection / diagnosis*
  • Coinfection / drug therapy
  • Coinfection / microbiology
  • Coinfection / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis*
  • Lyme Disease / drug therapy
  • Lyme Disease / microbiology
  • Lyme Disease / parasitology
  • Middle Aged
  • Poland
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Travel
  • Treatment Outcome
  • United States

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents