title: Case report: spontaneous splenic rupture during acute parasitemia of Babesia microti.
abstract: Babesia is a malaria-like protozoan parasite spread by Ixodes ticks primarily from the white-footed deer mouse to humans. Typically it causes subclinical disease, but occasionally causes acute febrile disease with hepatosplenomegaly. We report a case of spontaneous splenic rupture of a 56-yr-old man with acute Babesia microti infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, and Duluth Clinic, Duluth, MN, USA. kfroberg@d.umn.edu
authors.forename: M Kent
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Froberg
authors.forename: Devon
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dannen
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bernier
authors.forename: Wun-Ju
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: Jeannette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guarner
authors.forename: Sherif
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D041001:Babesia microti / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000635:transmission*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed