Case Report
A Case of Babesiosis in a Pregnant Patient Treated with Red Blood Cell Exchange Transfusion
Table 1
Percentage of Babesia parasitemia during the course of treatment.
| | | Treatment | Parasitemia (%) |
| | Hospital Day 1 | Initial peripheral blood smear performed
Atovaquone + azithromycin | 1% |
| | Hospital Day 3 | Quinine + clindamycin | 6% |
| | Hospital Day 7 | Quinine + clindamycin + atovaquone
Total red blood cell exchange transfusion | 3% |
| | Hospital Day 8 | Azithromycin + clindamycin + atovaquone | <1% |
| | Hospital Day 9 | Azithromycin + clindamycin + atovaquone | <1% |
| | Hospital Day 12 | Azithromycin + clindamycin + atovaquone
Simple red blood cell transfusion | <1% |
| | Hospital Day 14 | Azithromycin + clindamycin + atovaquone | Undetectable |
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