Transfusion-Associated Babesiosis after Heart Transplant

Abstract

We describe a 54-year-old spleen-intact man with transfusion-associated Babesia microti infection after a heart transplant. Adult respiratory distress syndrome developed in the patient, and he required mechanical ventilation. Our experiences with this patient suggest that babesiosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of transplant patients who have fever and hemolytic anemia.

Keywords

• babesiosis
• blood transfusion
• heart transplantation
• azithromycin
• atovaquone
• dispatch