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KMID : 0425120180560060609
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2018 Volume.56 No. 6 p.609 ~ p.613
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Two Imported Cases of Babesiosis with Complication or Co-Infection with Lyme Disease in Republic of Korea
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Kwon Hea-Yoon
Im Jae-Hyoung
Park Yun-Kyu
Durey Areum
Lee Jin-Soo
Baek Ji-Hyeon
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Abstract
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Babesiosis, caused by Babesia microti and B. divergens, is transmitted by Ixodid ticks. Symptoms of babesiosis vary from a mild flu-like illness to acute, severe, and sometimes fatal and fulminant disease. In Korea, 7 imported babesiosis cases and 1 endemic case have been reported. We report 2 cases of severe babesiosis initially mistaken as malaria. The first patient was complicated by shock and splenic infarction, the other co-infected with Lyme disease. As the population traveling abroad increases every year, physicians should be aware of babesiosis which mimics malaria, co-infection with other diseases, and its complications.
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KEYWORD
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Babesia microti, babesiosis, splenic infarction, co-infection, Lyme disease
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