title: Septic shock due to babesiosis.
abstract: We present the case of a 69-year-old man with an unremarkable past medical history and an intact spleen who developed shock and renal failure due to babesiosis. Despite hemodynamic parameters showing severe distributive shock with hyperdynamic cardiac function, the patient recovered fully after treatment with quinine sulfate and clindamycin.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Kent County Hospital, Warwick, RI 02886, USA. MikeDaceyMD@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dacey
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raimondo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brady
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000469:parasitology; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000962:Antimalarials; D002981:Clindamycin; D011803:Quinine