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CMAJ • June 12, 2001; 164 (12)
© 2001 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors

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Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in Ontario: first reported case in Canada

Kevin C. Kain, Salha Bu Jassoum, I. William Fong and Barbara Hannach

Drs. Kain and Bu Jassoum are with the Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Dr. Fong is with the Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and Dr. Hannach is with Canadian Blood Services, Toronto Centre, Toronto, Ont.

Abstract

BABESIOSIS HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN REPORTED in Canada, but a number of transfusion-transmitted cases of this infection have been reported from the United States. We present a case of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis that occurred in Canada. Canadian physicians must consider babesiosis in the differential diagnosis of patients who experience fever or a hemolytic reaction after blood transfusion. Prompt recognition and treatment are important, because Babesia infections can be severe or fatal in certain risk groups. Better strategies to prevent transfusion-transmitted babesiosis are required.




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