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  • Title: Babesia microti infection presenting as acute splenic laceration.
    Author: Leinwand JC, Arroyo JP, Solomon D, Kaplan LJ.
    Journal: Surg Infect (Larchmt); 2013 Aug; 14(4):412-4. PubMed ID: 23859679.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Blunt abdominal trauma leading to splenic injury can cause substantial morbidity, particularly in patients with established splenic pathology. In such cases, the extant pathology may increase a patient's susceptibility to blunt injury, most notably by inducing hypersplenism; Babesia microti may create such a condition. METHODS: Case report and English language-based literature review. RESULTS: Obtaining an appropriate travel history and understanding endemic infectious conditions will better enable the clinician to establish readily treatable concomitant diagnoses in the setting of injury. CONCLUSIONS: Failure to treat such infections may delay solid organ healing, leading to the patient being released to unrestricted and therefore risky activity with persistently abnormal splenic architecture.
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