TY - JOUR AU - Lux, Joseph Z. AU - Weiss, Don AU - Linden, Jeanne V. AU - Kessler, Debra AU - Herwaldt, Barbara L. AU - Wong, Susan J. AU - Keithly, Jan AU - Della-Latta, Phyllis AU - Scully, Brian E. T1 - Transfusion-Associated Babesiosis after Heart Transplant T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 116 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe a 54-year-old spleen-intact man with transfusion-associated Babesia microti infection after a heart transplant. Adult respiratory distress syndrome developed in the patient, and he required mechanical ventilation. Our experiences with this patient suggest that babesiosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of transplant patients who have fever and hemolytic anemia. KW - babesiosis KW - blood transfusion KW - heart transplantation KW - azithromycin KW - atovaquone KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0901.020149 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/1/02-0149_article ER - End of Reference