A woman pregnant with twins has fever, haemolysis, and thrombocytopenia caused by babesiosis: could be confused with HELLP syndrome

Lancet. 2022 Feb 26;399(10327):e10. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00315-4.

Authors

Rashmi Pashankar¹, Anne-Marie Prabulos², Henry M Feder Jr³

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
² University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
³ University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA; Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA. Electronic address: feder@uchc.edu.

PMID: 35219396
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00315-4

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Babesiosis / complications*
Babesiosis / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fever / etiology*
HELLP Syndrome / diagnosis
Hemolysis*
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Twin*
Thrombocytopenia / etiology*