Misdiagnosis of Babesiosis as Malaria, Equatorial Guinea, 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Arsuaga, Marta ; González, Luis Miguel ; Padial, Enrique Salvador ; Dinkessa, Arigecho Woubshet ; Sevilla, Elena ; Trigo, Elena ; Puente, Sabino ; Gray, Jeremy ; Montero, Estrella
• Description:
  We report a case of babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti, in a missionary who worked in Equatorial Guinea but also visited rural Spain. The initial diagnosis, based on clinical features and microscopy, was malaria. The patient's recovery was delayed until she received appropriate treatment for babesiosis.
• Subjects:
  Adult Antiprotozoal Agents Artemisinins Atovaquone Azithromycin Babesiosis Diagnostic Errors Drug Combinations Female Humans Malaria Primaquine Proguanil Travel

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(8):1588-1589
• Pubmed ID:
  30016247
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6056097
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Equatorial Guinea ; Spain
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b74c0bfc37dabaaad650b809eae436b87234581a9357bc6550f58612db33252e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/57969/cdc_57969_DS1.pdf
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