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Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science 38:390-392 (2008)
© 2008 Association of Clinical Scientists

Case Report

Spontaneous Splenic Rupture During Acute Parasitemia of Babesia microti

M. Kent Froberg1, Devon Dannen1, Nicholas Bernier2, Wun-Ju Shieh3, Jeannette Guarner3,4 and Sherif Zaki3
1 Department of Pathology, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, and Duluth Clinic, Duluth, Minnesota; 2 Department of Medicine, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Brainerd, Minnesota; 3 Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Division of Viral Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; and 4 Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Address correspondence to M. Kent Froberg, M.D., Department of Pathology, Virginia Regional Medical Center, 901 Ninth Street North, Virginia, MN 55792, USA; tel 218 749 9470; e-mail kfroberg{at}d.umn.edu.

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.

Keywords: rupture of spleen, babesiosis, Babesia microti






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