Fatal babesiosis in man, Finland, 2004.

ABSTRACT: We report an unusual case of human babesiosis in Finland in a 53-year-old man with no history of splenectomy. He had a rudimentary spleen, coexisting Lyme borreliosis, exceptional dark streaks on his extremities, and subsequent disseminated aspergillosis. He was infected with Babesia divergens, which usually causes bovine babesiosis in Finland.

SUBMITTER: Haapasalo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3321911 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature