Relapsed Babesia microti Infection Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in a Patient With B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A patient with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia developed babesiosis before allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation while on atovaquone for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis. Despite receiving a prolonged course of atovaquone and azithromycin until whole-blood Babesia microti DNA was no longer detected by polymerase chain reaction, her post-transplant course was complicated by relapsed babesiosis. We investigate the potential host and parasite characteristics causing relapsing/persistent infection.

publication date

  • June 21, 2021

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC8415536

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85118251405

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1093/ofid/ofab323

PubMed ID

  • 34514015

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 8

issue

  • 9