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Splenic dysfunction from celiac disease resulting in severe babesiosis.
- Source :
- Ticks & Tick-borne Diseases; Jun2017, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p537-539, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We describe a 79-year-old Irish man who, because he had hyposplenism and splenic atrophy due to adult celiac disease, became critically ill from a severe Babesia divergens infection. Greater awareness of the possible consequences of splenic dysfunction from adult celiac disease, such as serious pneumococcal infections and babesiosis, is warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1877959X
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Ticks & Tick-borne Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 123158957
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.02.016